Spirituality
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May I Remind You
May I remind you,we love each other. It's why we were created.It's in our DNA.Try as we might to the contrary–and we sometimes try awfully hard–we love each other. Deep down,where God resides,we love each other. Text and image © 2011… Continue reading
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Stay Away from the Edge!
Stay away from the edge!Don't play with matches!Get down from there!Leave that knife alone! Terrible advice for the soul. When we fall, we break open.When cut, fresh blood surfaces.When we burn, we release sweet incense. Dance along the rim.Let the… Continue reading
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Getting It
If the disciples didn't get it(and most of the time they did not),is it any surprise we don't either? Let's give ourselves a break,not giving up on the journey,but walking side by sidewith ever increasing humility and patience. Text and… Continue reading
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We Return from the Mountain
We return from the mountain,faces glowingdesperate to describeour encounter with Mystery,but the words for which we reach elude us,don't yet exist–not in English,not in any human tongue. We try:"It's painful but welcome purging," we say."It's corrosive but compassionate reframing…" See? Even these words,like… Continue reading
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“Am I Wise?” You Ask
"Am I wise?" you ask. If you talk too long or loudly, likely not.If you have more answers than questions, likely not.If you seek illumination from without, likely not.If you dance self-consciously and without abandon… or not at all, likely not.If you arrive… Continue reading
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Escape Pod
She lived a life of preparation–righteously aloof,never stepping on cracks,gripping purity,talons sunk deep into the Word,over-atoning for the occasional slip-up. She built her escape podjust large enough for one(well, two perhaps, if you include Jesus–small enough to fit in the… Continue reading
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I’ve Gotta Home in Gloryland
My mother(clean and uprightin a white nightgownbleached whiter by chill florescent lights)is unable to recall my name,yet suddenly belts out"I've gotta home in Glorylandthat outshines the sun…"in a voice so clear and strong,it echoes down the green corridor,through the empty cafeteria,and… Continue reading
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Our Greatest Sin
Our greatest sinis superficiality. We find the Divinein the the depth of things. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Take a Break
"Take a break," I suggest to God,who looks as ragged as a bitchgiving birth to her 12th litter of pups. "Have you seen my inbox?" God asks."Never been so full:demands, rants, requests for healing,so much anguish,so many crushed hearts–it's overwhelming!Where… Continue reading
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Rest
All by itself rest is a form of prayer– necessary prayer. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading