Current Affairs
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I Sell My Soul
I sell my soulin the anxious search for security. What wondrous, secret knowledgemust the homeless hold,who live each dayat the fingertips of God? Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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A Billion People
A billion peoplelive on less than a dollar a day,and we're arguing aboutgay marriage. My God, my God,why have we forsaken you? Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Good Friday
The most horrifying words in scripture–in all of human history–are these: "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?" At that moment, Jesus felt utter betrayal; he'd trusted in God, and he'd been duped. His faith ended at that… Continue reading
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Today, Online
Today,online,I searched for a wePhone,a wePadand a wePod.<sigh> Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Right or Real?
The belief that I am right separates me from others. The knowledge that I am real draws me closer. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Quick Storm
I'm walking homeat the end of a my work daythrough the frozen streets of the city.Snow starts,then the wind.Within the space of a few blocks,it becomes a storm. I come to the park's edgeand the the vast openness–a quarter-mile crossingunsheltered… Continue reading
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“If I Were to Seek My Own Glory…”
Jesus: "If I were to seek my own glory, my glory would be worth nothing" (John 8:54). Yes, that's it exactly. Where did we get the idea that Jesus would be pleased with us sitting around singing songs about how… Continue reading
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You Are Them, They Are You
Gays, Republicans, illegal immigrants, Jews, Muslims, Baptists, the mentally ill, the homeless…anyone you mistrust or dismiss or find foreign, strange or threatening, you are them and they are you, in a very real, absolute, spiritual sense. Whatever distinctions you've invented… Continue reading