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Offering
I ripen: heavy with juice, dizzy with flavor, sweet, complex, sticky. Pick me.Bite into me.Feel me drip down your chin. I am that good. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Wisdom
Solomon, Buddha, Muhammad, Christ–we look to you for sound advice.And what recommendation are you quick to give?"From each heart alone, one learns to live." Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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I Am a Poet
I finally said it yesterday:"I am a poet." I said it without discounting or qualifying,without minimizing, fencing or shrinking:I'm a poet.I write poetry. What are you that you can't yet say aloud?painter? author? woodworker?gardener? chef? photographer?scholar? theologian? meditator?yogi? mystic? athlete? child… Continue reading
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God’s Will
God’s will is not a map… Continue reading
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Shedding Unnecessaries
Why am I trying to live someone else's life?"Has anyone seen Dirk?"I'm exhausted.All this energy poured into peripherals. My life's work is meant to bemaking this one, single, unique lifeentirely my own. How to shed the unnecessary? Text and image… Continue reading
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Write Your Own Blog! (Part 1)
I'm staying for a few days with the Sisters of Loretto at their Spirituality Center southwest of Denver. In my absence, feel free to complete today's blog yourself. You might respond to this quote from Sister Miriam Therese Winter (author… Continue reading
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Halloween: Mystery
Halloween offers appreciation for the mysterious, that which lies outside of logic and reason. This is, in fact, an important and necessary function of religion; embracing mystery and the inexplicable reflects healthy spirituality. Not everything can be–nor needs to be–sorted out, rationalized, categorized… Continue reading