Lent
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Prayer for Lent
Lead us, O God,from the beautiful,to the good,to the true. Lead us, O God,from what catches the eye and the breath,to what quickens the heart and the conscience,to what cradles the soul and the spirit. Lead us, O God,ever deeperinto… Continue reading
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Lent
It is Lent.It is timeto make spacefor the Holy. It is Lent.Let us fastfrom our fearsand our worries. Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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The Confrontation
"Oh, my gawd!"she squealed."It's Jesus!" And it was,standing in the doorway,just as we'd finished another verse of"Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee." "What are you doing?" he asked. "We were just singing about you,"I said."Every week we…well, we praise you." He… Continue reading
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Ultimate Blasphemy
I have a new hero:Sebastian Castellio,who wrote,at the height of the Reformation,that to kill another in the name of Godis the ultimate blasphemy. Meanwhile,Reformers (Luther, Calvin, etc.)and Catholicshurled their toys about Europelike spoiled children storming through the nursery,throwing murderous tantrums,slaughtering… Continue reading
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Lenten Disciplines
What have you given up for Lent? If it makes you cranky,it was the wrong choice. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Lent
L is for the lunch nobody packed for me;E is for the emptiness, not only of my stomach, but of my future;N is for the nourisment I lack, physically, emotionally;T is for the traffic flying past this… Continue reading
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Penitence
P is for presuming I've compassion.E is for the envy that I feel.N is the nursing of depression.I is for the innocence I steal.T is for the time I keep on wasting.E is for each moment lived in fear.N is… Continue reading