Robert Starbuck received his BA in philosophy from Baker University, in Baldwin City, Kansas; his M.Div. from St. Paul's School of Theology in Kansas City, Missouri; and his Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Counseling from Texas Women's University Institute of Health Sciences - Texas Medical Center/Houston, Texas. He served as an ordained Methodist Minister in both the UMC Great Plains - Kansas and UMC Texas Conferences. He was also a loving son, a husband - married for over 64 years, a father of four, a grandfather, and a great grandfather. And a WWII veteran who served his country and came home afterwards to raise a family and assist others through his ministry and vocation. The book is a collection of essays and sermons comprised by him in his fifty plus years as a Christian clergy, and over forty years as a practicing psychotherapist. The book's title is an allusion to, and a metaphor for the diversity found in a literary and artistic dialogue that promotes world peace, cultural conversations, and an interfaith awareness, appreciation, and acceptance. Although, mostly Christian in vocabulary, the messages are inclusive and encourage an acceptance of other people and faiths across all humankind. In the end, these words are an affirmation of his faith. JOHN 14:1-4 Authorized King James Version (AKJV) "Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know."
