Current Affairs
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The Point
Jesus never asked anyoneto be orthodox,but he repeatedly asked everyoneto serve, help and heal. Why our obsessionwith creed and confessionwhen Jesus, our brother,says, "Love one another"? Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Herod
He cursed the visitors from the East,the so-called wise menwith their outlandish robesand queer accentsand preposterous pronouncements. A week passed,and they had not returned. Stargazers, astrologers, bah!Why had he listened?They had betrayed him, yes?Or were they too stupid (too foreign)to… Continue reading
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Visual Parable
Here on the plazain Old Town Albuquerque,many chairs of varying huesgather around a single, sunny table. I get it,thank you. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Another Take on Justice
Justice,for God,is restorative,not retributive. When his detractorswanted Jesusto condemn,to punish,he insteadforgives,restores,takes it backto before the offense. This is God's justice–not the slow burn in hellbut the time machine returnto original oneness. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All… Continue reading
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Confrontation
He ranted.I listened.Something clicked: He feels these feelings. He believes these beliefs. He thinks these thoughts. They are his, not mine. That is him, over there. Over there seethes anger, drama, ego. … Continue reading
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Trying to Write
1.I apologize to my battered muse,once again elbowed asideby in-crowding concerns,loud and demanding,like rich American touristsinvading by the busloada Mexican villageright at siesta. She shrinks and retreats. 2.My mind is too noisy and busyfor the careful, considered crafting of words,which,… Continue reading
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Toward Healing
I peeled back the bandage."This is my wound,"I said. "It looks like it's healing,"he said. "Yes, it is.It still hurts some,but nothing like before." "What's made the difference?" "I stopped pretendingit didn't exist,stopped telling myselfI shouldn't be hurt that badly.I… Continue reading
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Dream
And as I dreamed,my skin dissolvedand I expanded,spread outward,a being of refracted lightsurrounded by beings of refracted light,no longer divided entitiesbut all part of a greater, glittering, interconnected whole. I knew my separate selfas illusion,and this wondrous, webbed oneness as life, … Continue reading
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The Heart in Pieces
Is this your heart,in pieces on the entry tile?Ah, it broke last nightjust as you made it home… I am sorry–I recall the pain of it,and the need to leave the pieceswhere they fall,perhaps to pick up later(which we almost… Continue reading