doubt
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Conviction
Let your doubts be known, embrace them, articulate them,but find your convictions as well, embrace them, articulate them. The paradoxical beauty of the holy lifeis having permission to stand firmwhile losing the need to be right. Text and… Continue reading
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Manna
In this wilderness,wild with uncertainty and crusty, hard-baked wisdom,we gather bread at dawn,only enough to get us through another long, roasting day,another clay-oven of challenges,another set of imposed tasksimportant to Someone,but mystery to us. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries.… Continue reading
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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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Abraham and Isaac
The most powerful storiesare the ones from which we instinctively recoil.Take, for example,Abraham's call to sacrifice his son, Isaac–this is meant to be a doorway to the sacred? It's a doorway to an empty elevator shaft. Who is God?What is… Continue reading
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Abandonment
Many of us find great comfortin the assurance that God will never abandon us,but let's examine the record here:she did abandon her only Child,whose chillingly anguished cryfrom the cross to which she was nailed–"My God, my God, why have you… Continue reading
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Must Be the Wind
Adam suddenly announced:"I don't believe in you." Bewildered, God looked around."But I'm right here!That's like saying you don't believe in your hand…or this chair…or sunshine!" "Body parts, furniture and weatherdemand nothing of me;you do.Therefore I choose not to believe." [Cue… Continue reading
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After One Martini
After one martiniand half their order of crostini,he confessed:"When it comes to Godand matters of faith,I have many doubts." She put down her glass."Sweetie, that's very good." "Good?" he asked. "Well, yes.Doubts are empty spaces waiting to be filled,like holes… Continue reading
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The Bigger the Doubter
The bigger the doubter,the harder (and farther)the fall into faith. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Write Your Own Blog! (Part 1)
I'm staying for a few days with the Sisters of Loretto at their Spirituality Center southwest of Denver. In my absence, feel free to complete today's blog yourself. You might respond to this quote from Sister Miriam Therese Winter (author… Continue reading