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To My Inner Artist
Dear Inner Artist, I so believe in you. I so believe that you have something important to say and much more to discover. The photography you do is good–sometimes amazingly, remarkably good. It comes from a place of authenticity, deep… Continue reading
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The Classroom and the Teacher
"In those days, God taught me as a school teacher teaches a pupil" (St. Ignatius). Really? How does that happen, exactly? The best I can figure is this: My immediate surroundings, the world, all of nature, every individual with whom… Continue reading
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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
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Trust
I tripped over this quote this morning, source unknown: Trust God to work his life in others as he is working in you. Okay. Of course. Yes. Wow. The challenge is to trust in God, not in me, not in… Continue reading
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Temple
Imagine a temple dedicted to what we do not know, to what is beyond imagination, to the vastness beyond vastness (what you may call God). I would expect silence, because that is how I experience awe. The walls would be… Continue reading
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The Shore of the World
As a childI stood on the shore of the worldwatching the waves wash toward me–rhythmic, relentless, faithful. I was in love with somethingI had not yet seenbut certaintly touched, or, perhaps, it touched me. Text and image © 2011 by… Continue reading
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Because God Is God
Draw close to God because God is God. Don't do it because you fear God. Don't do it to please God. Don't do it to appease God. Do it simply because you delight in God, find joy in God, wonder… Continue reading
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Another Day of Healing
That day–a busy one, as healing ministries go–a leper, two crippled gals and several menfolk born blind(three at least–some days he lost count). And, when the disciples weren't looking,the mangled wing of a dun-colored bird,the runny, infected eye of a… Continue reading
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It’s Christmas!
It happened. Invited or not,God is with us, beside us,before us,beneath us,behind us, within us. Glory!It's Christmas! Text and image © 2010 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Christmas Greetings
"May you allow room for God to speak this holiday season." "May you draw close to God–and God draw close to you–this Christmas." My final Christmas card had been sent when I discovered these two lines in an old journal… Continue reading