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Christmas Reflection
Most of us have all we need;on this I'm guessing we agree. So why the harried rush to spendas if on this our peace depends? For that which causes hearts to lift is more the giver, not the gift. Be still… Continue reading
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Christmas Wish #7
May Santa fill your empty sockwith what you need, not what you want. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Epiphany
Epiphany,and three queens approach the manger–royalty from the south–following, not a star, but intuition. Now it's time for Joseph's heart to ponder,while Mary's quickens,and she lifts the childto each woman in turn,so they may coo,slip warm, wrinkled fingers around the smooth… Continue reading
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I Am a Poet
I finally said it yesterday:"I am a poet." I said it without discounting or qualifying,without minimizing, fencing or shrinking:I'm a poet.I write poetry. What are you that you can't yet say aloud?painter? author? woodworker?gardener? chef? photographer?scholar? theologian? meditator?yogi? mystic? athlete? child… Continue reading
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My Daily Office
…proffering Christ in pictures and poems. Continue reading
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On a Snowy Night
I walk through my neighborhood on a snowy night a few days before Christmas, mulling over life and just wondering (as in, feeling wonder-struck) at the decorations and lights. Every now and then something I see triggers specific memories from my childhood, like the… Continue reading