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  • Kindness

    She exhales kindness.It chills me like a whisper,    close by my ear,    unexpected in the dark. Only later do I know itfor what it is:    a light giving,    needed, welcomed,but so gentleit took awhilebefore it dawned: "Ah,that was a subtle… Continue reading

  • The Tears of Fish

    Small fish, lost fish,swimming in search of home: When you cry,what happens to your tears? Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • 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