jesus
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A Mosque in Tennessee
I was talking with Jesus this morning,and he seemed a bit out of sorts–a touch cranky, even. "What's going on?"I asked. "Oh, it's those Baptists in Tennessee,the ones across from the new mosque.They are totally not getting it,not listening to… Continue reading
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Journey’s End
When I finally made it to the kingdom,weary from travel,hungry and eager to bathe,they treated me like royalty. And the next to arrive,also worn, starving and smelly–she, too, was welcomedwith a crown, a scepter and a robe. When bedtime arrived,out… Continue reading
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And Speaking of Jesus
What mattered to Jesus? Generally, what you did,what you said,what you gave,whom you embraced,not what you believed. Read the gospels;see for youself. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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PB&J
We make 100 PB&J sandwiches,gently spreading crunchy peanut butteron donated white bread(which tears easily given the fragility of the breadand the stiffness of the peanut butter). The other slice of breadwe coat with squeezable grape jelly(squeezability speeds up the process).… Continue reading
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The Ticket to Heaven
"What's this?" Jesus asked his disciples.He held up a rectangular slip of paper. "Looks like a light-rail pass,"said Peter. Jesus flipped it over:one the back, in large letters,he'd written the word HEAVEN."What's this?" he asked. "Oh, oh, I know!" said… Continue reading
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The Visitation, May 31
Fetal Johnny jumps for joy:Mary carries a baby boy! How do preborns–sans hesitation–understand this Visitation? See the wonder on the women's faces?Ah, the mystery of God's great graces! Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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John 16:12-13a, Part 2
Peter hauled him aside:"That thing you said,about there being so much more you could teach us–about God,about life…" "Each people, each timewill have its own learning," he responded,"its own slow steps in the kingdom. "I have talked to you of… Continue reading
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John 16:12-13a, Part 1
"Oh, yes, there's more,"Jesus said to his followers,"lots more–but there's only so muchthat you can absorbin any one parable,in any one lifetime of listening…" "But how, then, do we continue learning?" "The important thing now,"he replied,"is less the learningand more… Continue reading
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Kingdom of Heaven
We need not run from the future, need not abandon ourselves to the doomsayers and apocalyptic prophets, those who read scripture as an end-time move script filled with CGI firestorms and floods, with the righteous floating… Continue reading