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And God Created Rest
One Jewish traditionsuggests that God,on the seventh day,didn't collapse of exhaustionand say, "That's it;six days and I need a break,"but rather,on the seventh day,still generative, still spinning forth,created tranquility, serenity, peace and repose. Having finished with spaceGod turned God's attention… Continue reading
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Limerick
The grace of God is unbounded;it's depths have yet to be sounded no matter the fall, the trip or the stall,by Love we're relentlessly hounded. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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My Sacred Space
Welcome! You have just enteredmy sacred space,my sanctuary,my holy of holies. Into my spaceyou bring your own opinions, dreams, fears,doubt, anger, wonder… So in a sense,my sacred space has now becomes yours as well.What happens when our sacred spaces mingle?What… Continue reading
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Abraham and Isaac
The most powerful storiesare the ones from which we instinctively recoil.Take, for example,Abraham's call to sacrifice his son, Isaac–this is meant to be a doorway to the sacred? It's a doorway to an empty elevator shaft. Who is God?What is… Continue reading
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The Cathedral
In this foreign, colonial square,amid fountains and pigeons,a sudden rainherds us to sanctuaryin the silent narthexof the town's old cathedral. Instantlywe transform from tourists to penitents–hushed, awed, immortal. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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MLK, Denver, 2012
"We are in this together,"read the placard.And we were:black, white, Korean, Hispanic,Baptist, Methodist, Christian, Muslim,students and the aged (with canes),dreadlocks and crewcuts,Up with People and down with the system,male, female, gay, straight–an unlikely mix of one,just as God dreamed us. And… Continue reading
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Consider This
Consider this: Gays and lesbiansare less boundto expectationsabout what is masculineand what is feminine,thus freer to be more like God,who is entirely both. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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He Calls Our Names
He stands on the platform,barely visible nowthrough the smoke that wreaths and wraps his lean, scarred body. One by one,clean as a knife edge,he calls our names (mine, yours). Our destinies,like the smoke,like our lovingly articulated names,rise heavenward. Text and… Continue reading
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The Sacred and Profane
What is sacred?What is profane? The question is a uniquely Western one;in richer cultures, all is holy–there is no place where God is not. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading