Growth
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Journey’s End
When I finally made it to the kingdom,weary from travel,hungry and eager to bathe,they treated me like royalty. And the next to arrive,also worn, starving and smelly–she, too, was welcomedwith a crown, a scepter and a robe. When bedtime arrived,out… Continue reading
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Magic
When I was a child,magic lived in the world–not illusion,not pretend,real magic. Magic filled warm summer nightswhen I leaned on my window silland whistled softlymy four-note tune,through the screen.I repeated it several times,waiting for the nightto bring something unknownsomething extraordinary.This… Continue reading
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Dependence Day
Let's celebrate Dependence Day! Let's acknowledge how desperately we need one another; our interconnection; how our lack of unity grieves God; how healing only happens when we own our fear and need; how division slowly consumes the… Continue reading
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Pronouns
"Quit messing with pronouns,"she huffed."It's not right." "They're my words,"I said,"I'll do with them as I wish." "But God is not a she,And time is not a…he…or whatever."She struggled for words."What I mean is,things are genderless." "Or gendermore," I suggested."Like… Continue reading
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And Speaking of Jesus
What mattered to Jesus? Generally, what you did,what you said,what you gave,whom you embraced,not what you believed. Read the gospels;see for youself. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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You
I spent my lifeseeking you,my soul-friend. At first you seemed to mea mirrorreflecting my history, my loss, my courage. Now I knowyou are the voice of sustenance, challenge, nurture. Who knewthat consentwould be so easy, so stabilizing, … Continue reading
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Losing
Defeatbrings me back to authenticity.When I am vulnerable,I am awake. Why seek successwhen successmost certainlyself-deceives? Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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The Border of Language
I like lurking at the border of language,where the tongue blurs, slurs with vagueness. I hover here at the brink of Eden,eager to taste my own marrow. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Dreaming
The Transcendentinvades my dream–bulldozes the fences,mows down the weeds,blows out the windows,reveals all,and says,"Here–here is what's real,thriving and alive in your subconscious:believe it;embrace it." And I awakentransformed. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Queen of the Night
The Queen of the Nightrules my subconscious,orchestrates my dreaming,allows what is necessary to rise to the surface,holds in the wings what I'm yet unable to handle. I have no choicebut to trust her;she is God's emissary,the high priestessof… Continue reading