Compassion
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Advent 10
"Open your eyes," Jesus says,which means that some of uschoose blindness. "Join the company of the open hearts,the unafraid, the welcoming!" Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Advent 9
"Leave the dead to bury the dead," Jesus says,which means that some of uswalk about devoid of life. "Join the company of the living,the compassionate, the wonder-filled!" Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Time Came Rushing
Time just came rushing, pushing through the condo,self-important, indispensable,slamming me,without apology,against the hallway wall,on his way to something that mattered–what the hell?"No time!" he said, breathless,"So much to do!" I, meanwhile,feeling bruised and discarded,steadied myself and realized,with a shock,that time–hurried,… Continue reading
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Advent 1
I hear the blareof ancient, dented, tarnished trumpets:judgment day? Am I ready? "Relax," says God,"These mothballed tootersannounce reconciliation (not punishment),healing (not diagnosis),transformation (not exposure),a massive promotion (not downsizing).These honks haul y'all heavenward." With a grin as wide as all creationand… Continue reading
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Psychic Knots
I spent this morninguntying psychic knots… not unlike untangling Christmas lights, or undoing the knot I unintentionally yanked into my shoelace, or loosening the matted hair in my cat's calico coat,except this is a mass of my… Continue reading
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To God…
To God, breaker of this life's chains,lover who is partial to none,path of coming forth,path of return… Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Peculiar Reality
It's a peculiar reality: We do nothing without God.God does nothing without us. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Mean Thoughts
I spend too much timerounding up mean thoughts,hoarding trivialities,trapping mice in my moldy cellarand keeping them in cages in the living room. Why do I value them so?Why not simply let them go?Why not turn them loose in the field… Continue reading
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God Dreams
Shhhh!Quiet.Enter on tiptoe:God sleeps. God dreams of a world of justice where none go hungry, where all have enough, where none are fearful, where all are embraced. God dreams of a world at peace. Text and… Continue reading
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What Dolores Wrote
Somewhere in rural Nebraska,in her farmhouse kitchen,as was her custom,Dolores wrote on the square of chalkboardher axiom of the week: We don't need more of what we've got, we just need to be more grateful for it. Within two… Continue reading