Religion
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Labeling
I have good news for you,the label-makers: You can stop. Up/down, good/bad, us/them, Christian/not, conservative/liberal… you hereby have permission to stop! And what a reliefto cease the endless, unnecessary labeling!Think of the time and energy you'll save!Thing of the good you're now freed to do! Hold… Continue reading
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Incarnation 2
Jesus merged these two:humanity and divinity. We inherit this non-duality:humanityanddivinity. Do not call Jesus Godwithout also calling him man.Do not call me manwithout also calling me God. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Child of God
Jesus stands before the crowd.I wonder what he sees.We are, after all, a diverse lot: Jew, Christian, Muslim, atheist… man, woman, transgendered… gay, straight, questioning… believers, doubters, skeptics, seekers… He reads my mindand begins to pointto… Continue reading
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At the Brink
Visiting the Grand Canyon,I stretched out on a flat rockand inched forwarduntil my head was over the edge.I looked down into miles of emptiness. My brain said,"Ninety-five percent of youis secure on the rock."My spirit–dizzy and unseated–said, "You will fall–are falling,plummeting… Continue reading
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WWJS
WWJSWho would Jesus shoot? WAWWJCWhich assult weapon would Jesus carry? He lived in a worldas dangerous as ours,this Prince of Peace, then took a bulletto save it. We'd be doomedif he'd returned fire for fire. "Father, forgive them–they know not… Continue reading
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A Life of Meaning
If you want that life–that life of meaning,that life of union with the divine,that life of satisfaction, devotion, wholeness,that life of true and constant perspective–then pursue it full-heartedly. Don't go about it half-assed.It's all or nothing. Text and image © 2013… Continue reading
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Christmas, Day 9
Hold my hand,for I am frightened:what if, just this once,Christmas doesn't come? We draw toward midnight;our candles burn low.How do we continueif Christmas doesn't come? The clock strikes the hour,the earth sighs beneath us–a sigh of sweet relief.Christmas has come.… Continue reading
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Christmas, Day 4
Longing speaks of God,leans into the Divine,lurches heavenward. Let yearning yield to the Holy. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Christmas, Day 2
"Christ did not come into the world for gold." –Bartalome de Las Casas (1484-1566) Christ has not come for power.Christ has not come for gold.Christ has not come for fame.Christ has not come to shame or scold. Christ has… Continue reading
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For Christmas Eve
At Christmastimewe strive to findsome cause for hope,some peace of mind. Is it in the giftsor carols old,or in the snowand biting cold? Do we find it inour Christmas treesor unrestrictedspending sprees? Is it there in cocoaand candy canes,in children's… Continue reading