hope
-
Admission
One sad eye, the other swollen and purple."He hits me," she admitted. Inside he felt the shift: suspicion to certainty,and then, in another second, from certainty to chivalry:"Leave him," he blurted. Weak smile:"Not that easy." Further shift: chivalry to anger,heat rising, mind cranking; he knew… Continue reading
-
Because Things Do
Things fall apart then reassemble.Life unravels then weaves back together.The water overwhelms then recedes. This is always the pattern; we've lived it 1,000 times, survived it 1,000 times. Yet always between the disaster … Continue reading
-
Simply by the Asking
Poet David Whyteencourages us to askthe beautiful questions,which,simply by the asking,raise our eyes to the horizon and beyond,open space within our hearts,increase our generosityand transform us. What do you regret? Where do you hurt? Who inspires… Continue reading
-
Tomorrow/Today
We dream of lovely tomorrows,but if all we do is dream of them,we never receive them. Now is the time to create those tomorrows. Tomorrow is today. Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
-
On Hope
Anchor hope in remembering. If God's faithfulness held then,why not today?why not right now? Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
-
Thursday Prayer
Good morning, Creator: Take pity on me, I pray,that today the disorienting winds of rearrangement won't leave me again upside-down in the bushes,but instead may speed me further toward tomorrows cupping contentment. Amen. Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All… Continue reading
-
Fashion Week
Along the spare runwayskinny, slack-faced models slouch,whose bodies movebut faces do not. When did the lack of feelingbecome sexy? When did boredom(or is it death)become beauty? Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
-
If It Comes to That
If it comes to thatI shall travel aloneto that far shore;I shall worshipand know rapture. Praise is never a lonely pursuit;union defines adoration.Who can separate the Loverfrom the Beloved? Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.… Continue reading
-
Twelfth Night
Now it is Twelfth Night.Beyond the windows,snow falls and darkness encroaches,but the lights of our treebeckon with welcome, joy and hope. Tonight we say farewell to Christmas;tomorrow Epiphany dawns. This year, what has Christmas taught you? Text and image © 2013… Continue reading
-
Hybrids
History embeds the arrival of the new yearwithin the season of Christmas(day eight, to be exact),which means we scan 2014's possibilitiesfrom this perspective: the holy is among us, humanity and divinity have melded, and each of us, just… Continue reading