Beloved
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Did You Awaken Last Night?
Did you awaken last nightwondering where you fit?how you will continue?what is the point? So did I. And with us,so did the Beloved. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Amma, Abba, Beloved, Spirit
To these I relate as I meditate: Amma, Abba, Beloved, Spirit. These I repeat when I sense defeat: Amma, Abba, Beloved, Spirit These I breathe as I grace receive: … Continue reading
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Going Numb
I am pressed to the bedby a curled catdreaming, whisker-twitching on my lap. Who am I to disturbsuch safety, such warmth? Perhaps he is in cahoots with the Beloved:I'm to pen one last poem,excavate one final, pithy observation,extend my silence through… Continue reading
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Advent 14
Like Scrooge's trinity of ghosts,the Beloved takes my handand flies me skywardamong dark Winter's stars,beyond my sapped vision,beyond this succession of pea-sized moments,beyond my desk of dust and yellowing paper, endless analysis and digitized disorder…and for one brief momentreveals… Continue reading
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Dress the World in God
When I serve you tuna casserole, or a toasted English muffin, or a chilled martini up with a twist,I don't just serve you,I also serve the Beloved. When I iron a shirt, it's not only your shirt, … Continue reading
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You Plus Me
If you plus mesimply doubles us,it's not enough. I want you plus meto equal Eternity,to total the Beloved. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Back through the Gate
Amma.Abba. I offer theseat the beginning of my prayers–or often as the substance of my prayers–as symbols of assent,as symbols of ascent,a yes to the divine,the desire for transcendence,the opening of heart, mind and spirit to transformation,back through the gate,back… Continue reading
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Dervish
Dervish for a day,I'm pulled into the circle–swirling spiritual protons and neutronsorbiting the Beloved,shuffling, kicking and hopping our wayto transformation of atomic proportions. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Belove
God doesn't want us to believe.God invites us to belove.* *In the gospels, belief doesn't mean intellectual assent to tenets and propositions, but alignment, orientation, alliance, relationship to/with the Beloved. "Do you believe in me?" means "Are you with me?… Continue reading
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Stripping
Oh, you of the sacred plaid,and you of the holy stripes,you of the divine argyles and polka dots,you pinstripe believers and houndstooth congregants…it's time to strip clean. Leave your garments beside the door;exit your particular, peculiar house of worship. Out… Continue reading