Peace
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Choosing Out
Slightly offended, he picks up his book and exits through the screen door.”In or out! In or out!” she demanded, “Make up your mind.”He chose out. He walks up the dusty road to the shady coolness of the creek.Dragon flies… Continue reading
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Creating Peace
Finding peace within brings peace to those around you.Bringing peace to those around you will create peace in your community.Creating peace in your community contributes to peace in the world.It starts with you, with me; how will you find/bring/create peace… Continue reading
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A Door
I am a doorthat must open. I fear what waitson the other side. Shut,I shall not transform;I shall not transcend;I shall not live. I must open to release years of unresolved memories. I must open to let out the stress clawing my… Continue reading
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The Wonder-Filled Life
The spiritual lifeis lived in wonder. Faith calls us to amazement,to awe: waves pound; babies burble; cicadas buzz; ferns unfurl; hearts crack; wounds heal; truth wins; love endures. Open,you,to the… Continue reading
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Slipping Off Center
Another day,another meeting,more ballyhoo and hullabaloo,fuss and flapdoodle,bobbery, bother and blather,more hoo-ha and foofaraw,alarums and excursions,coil and kerfuffle,Sturm und Drang,whelter and whirl… And then it ends.I sit in silence,look out at the snow gently falling on the city,breathe deeplyand return to… Continue reading
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In what ways, today,will you increase your awarenessthat you are God's beloved? By reading this,you have. And you might slow down sing sit keep silencewalk open hold hands absorblisten meditate stretch … Continue reading
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Thanksgiving Toast
May we be grateful for the stuff we've got,but also for the stuff we've not. Amen. Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Scent Enabled
Stop and smell the roses…but don't stop with roses: smell the coffee brewing; smell the laundry, fresh from the dryer; bury your face in it; smell the newly mowed grass; smell the steaming blacktop, just… Continue reading
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Surgery
As my sister's surgery starts,guide the hands and still the hearts, calm the nerves and dry the tears,give us patience, ease our fears. All scenarios we have foundlead us on to sacred ground, God's… 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