I received the following inscription in a Merton related periodical from a former editor of a successful national quarterly literary journal (to which Merton had been a contributor in the 1960’s):

“To Albert Romkema,

A true voyager who has walked the walk (yes sir, big time) and who has created one of the finest spiritual literary archives of the 20th century. May all your future voyages of the mind and spirit be joyous ones; they will extend our common humanity.

In awe,
B”