Easter
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The Mystery of Our Faith
Christ has died. I am lost in memory, in the traditions of my family and faith, in a past that both comforts and cuts, that hounds and heals. But the past is necessarily … Continue reading
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Let Me Dream
In sleepI plow the fertile fields of wonder.Let me dream.Let not the sun waken me. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Easter, 2012
Mostly I saw it coming:the suicidal thoughts in the garden,the affectionate betrayal of a best friend,the whipping, the mocking,the exhausting trudge through the gauntlet of spittle,the thorns, the nails, the spear,absolute abandonment,that cold slab in the endless, empty dark.Yes, I expected… Continue reading
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Everyone Out!
Whose tombs were emptied this Easter morn?The earth opened, upended,overturned like a shoeboxof faded photos and forgotten mementos: Everyone out! No more clinging to outdated transgressionsand threadbare insecurity. What you've never imaginedis all you see. Text and image © 2011… Continue reading
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Denver Art Museum, Holy Saturday, 2011
I The art of New Spain, 1598-1821.I sit on a creaking camp stoolsurrounded by assorted grim Jesuseswho bleed,who hang their heads with eternal weariness.Sad, solitary suffering,standing forever with hands bound,hanging forever with xylophone ribs. This is Good Friday stuff,not yet… Continue reading
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Easter
Why look for the livingamong the dead? Why seek the Christin stagnation and repression? Resurrect! Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Holy Week
For most of my life, the tender, sorrowful laments of Holy Week, more than the joyous, triumphant hymns of Easter, have attracted me… Continue reading