knowing
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Our Unknowing
We have more in common,you and I,in our shared unknowingthan in our shared knowing. We could stand on the stable foundationof compacted, unanswered questions,but seem inclinedto stand separately, defiantly,each on her or his slender towerof "reliable, proven, God-given" answers,not realizing… Continue reading
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Change
"Change is a'comin',"says the old man,leaning forward in his rockeron his age-warped porch. He looks to the sky,listens to the modulation in bird song,feels on his stubbled facethe shifting direction of the wind,tastes, smells things out of my reach,not even… 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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Advent 13
All our liveswe pursue the limitless Knower,the immense Unknown,the One to whom belongsall true knowing,simply(little selves)to know that we are known. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading