Current Affairs
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On Becoming an Anti-Racist: Part Sixteen
CAWS I propose we create a new organization: Christians against White Supremacy or CAWS for short. Our logo/mascot will be the common crow,who, as you know, caws. As Christians, we share this common CAWS.… Continue reading
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On Disagreement
How well do we disagree? How well do we– as individuals, as a culture, as a nation in the world arena–disagree? Part of maturity,part of an evolved faith,is the ability to disagree with respect, with… Continue reading
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Advent Lament
No, you come to early, Lord Jesus:Just announced, yet here it is, two weeks from your arrival. We've got too much to do… Chex Mix to make, cookies to bake.Thank God (I mean, thank your Father) … Continue reading
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December Work
A dozen tasks traipse through my headas I lie silent on my bed.It's sugar plums I wish would dance;they hold a good deal more romancethan deadlines, proofs and printer's woes.But thus it is, and so it goes. It's not the… Continue reading
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Veils
Throughout lifeeach lossremoves another of the veilsthat obscure the Mysterywe desperately yearnto see and hold. Some veilsslip slowly from their rods,like so much sighing. Some veilsare torn awayby sudden and ferocious winds,like flashes of celestial anger. Loss hurts so very much.… Continue reading
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In the Lawn
G.I. Joe,abandoned in his backyard fortress of rocks and sticks,forgotten in favor of flesh and blood warriors,rules nowover a platoon of the small– ants and dragonflies, mice and voles–who, awed by his muscles, his uniform, his commanding voice, his superior intellect, … Continue reading
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Boundaries
Oh,so now you'd likeyour procrastinationto becomemy emergency? No. Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Because Things Do
Things fall apart then reassemble.Life unravels then weaves back together.The water overwhelms then recedes. This is always the pattern; we've lived it 1,000 times, survived it 1,000 times. Yet always between the disaster … Continue reading
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Invitation 2
TodayI invite youto welcome the Encounterand not hide from it. Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Soon Enough
Death comes soon enough;Why invite it in early? Why be jealous? Why be angry? Why nurse the grudge, rehearse the hurt? Why resent? Why fear? Why welcome decay?Why hurry death? Soon enough. Soon enough. Text… Continue reading