Growth
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Christmas Wish #4
Let'splunder lessandwonder more. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Christmas Wish #3
May you cradle the infantand feel his warmthspread from your handsto your heartand carry you home. May you then hold a strangerand feel the infant's warmthspread from your heartthrough your handsand carry the stranger home. Text and image © 2012… Continue reading
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Christmas Wish #2
May you drop your toys.May you stop your noise. May you grasp the Other.May you gasp in wonder. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Christmas Wish #1
May yourholidaysbringholy daze. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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The Release
I see your hand on the door,hesitating. We know it's time.We know your feast awaits.We know that I, at least,will ache with emptiness once you are gone. Desert me. We know destiny has laid the table,that this you deserve–have prepared… Continue reading
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Your Thoughts
A constant parade of thoughts–your thoughts–passses by your front porch: anxious thoughts, angry thoughts, fearful thoughts… You nod to some,wave to others,but you do not have to invite them in. Let them grumble on without you. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk… Continue reading
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Embracing Death
Do you believe in death?Lots of us don't–or at least live as if we don't. People glibly say,"Live each day as if it's your last,"but that's nearly impossible to do: Would you make the bed? Would you empty the dishwasher? Would you close… Continue reading
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The Lover
If you are to take a lover,let it be your soul. It desires you;you lust for it. Be ravished by its mystery and power. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Compromising the Divine
Our ideas of God always conformto the norms of our culture. How radical faith would be if we could crossthese imagined borders. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading