faith
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So What Is Good?
One morning, in the middle of many weeks of struggling with work issues, self-doubts and an uncertain job future, I asked myself, "Okay, given all that and how unpleasant it is, what is good right now?" This was the answer:… Continue reading
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Halloween: Embracing Mortality
It's autumn. The earth turns away from the sun, and the days shorten. Winter lurks, shivering and lonely, just around the corner. Trees abandon their leaves, turning inward, bracing themselves. The plants we so carefully cultivated throughout the summer… Continue reading
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Halloween: Facing Fears
What scares you? Halloween invites us to identify and sit with our fears. What are yours? Here's a checklist, drawn from my life, past or present: Do you fear death? the afterlife? a big empty nothingness the other side of… Continue reading
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If Only…
If I could just hold all insights in concsciousness. If all those "aha" moments–when vision becomes clear and a few more pieces fall into place and I stand breathless on the brink of the divine–would stay with me. If only…… Continue reading
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Creator Spirit
Creator Spirit,in this moment,present with you,help me to be. Text and image © 2010 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Where Will This Day Take Me?
Morning. Yawning. Curious cat, purring. My life. New day. Where will this day take me? Will I learn something of value? meet someone intriguing? do something helpful? find pleasure? satisfaction? hope? sorrow? Will I be in awe at some point?… Continue reading
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You Are Them, They Are You
Gays, Republicans, illegal immigrants, Jews, Muslims, Baptists, the mentally ill, the homeless…anyone you mistrust or dismiss or find foreign, strange or threatening, you are them and they are you, in a very real, absolute, spiritual sense. Whatever distinctions you've invented… Continue reading
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The Garden of Pain
Poet and author John O'Donahue describes our suffering as time in the "garden of pain," a place in which our time is "not wasted or for naught." This interior space of pain is not the wasteland we typically imagine, not… Continue reading
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It’s Only My Opinion
We'd all be much healthier if every one of us-from family members to political and religious leaders-would preface everything we say with: "This is what I believe, but as surely as I assert this, I acknowledge that I'm a limited,… Continue reading
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$5 Quotes
I wish I could remember all of the great quotes I come across in listening and reading.I could be seen as much cleverer than I actually am. The wise me writes them down–or at least flags them–to stumble across later, It's like finding… Continue reading