Religion
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Love’s Captive
I wantto be vanquishedby love. I want loveto win. Love,take me captive. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. 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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The Table
Stop wrestling with love,and let it win.Cry "Uncle!"and come join the family. There's a table already laid,large and laden for the lot of us. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Jacob and the Angel
"I'm a pacifist,"said Jacob,when the angel showed upin his Spandex and mask."I won't fight you." Ignoring this,the angel grabbed Jacob around the waistand threw him to the ground. Jacob went limp."I won't fight you," he repeated."What part of this don't… Continue reading
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The Face
I cradle my brand-new grand niece,fresh from the other side,and look into her wide-open, unfocused brown eyes.Why would she so soon focus on earthly thingswhen she's just come from the Infinite,just looked eye-to-eye into the great and open Origin? At… 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
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Otherworldy Relief
I have not considered suicide,but I do see death as a welcome friend,the opportunity to stop,the opportunity to know what really mattered. Wisdom and deatharrive arm in arm–two drinking buddiesexiting the pub,laughing heartily at a jokeonly they understand. At long last,so… Continue reading
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Muslim Prayer
Muslim prayer often begins with:"God the compassionate and merciful…" And really,isn't that enough? Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Spirituality and Religion
Maybe you're one of the manywho claim to be spiritual,but not religious. I get that:you believe in something or someonebeyond yourself,but you don't see the needfor definitions and creeds,and you certainly can't stand the hypocrisy, exclusion and crueltyfoisted on the… Continue reading
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Awareness
Without awareness,even the most sacred activitybecomes profane. With awarenesseven the most mundane activityblossoms with numinosity. I think I shall do the ironing. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading