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  • PB&J

    We make 100 PB&J sandwiches,gently spreading crunchy peanut butteron donated white bread(which tears easily given the fragility of the breadand the stiffness of the peanut butter). The other slice of breadwe coat with squeezable grape jelly(squeezability speeds up the process).… Continue reading

  • Suffering

    It may be true,as my father liked to say,that suffering builds character.I'm willing to acknowledgethat suffering can (and has)built something along the linesof patience, empathy and stamina,but I do believe sufferingcan destroy character as well,bringing despair, anger, hurt,    confusion,… Continue reading

  • Back to the Garden

    God sat between them on the log."And why," God asked,"did I want you ignorantof the differencebetween good and evil?" Frogs croaked in the pond. Eve thought hard:"But don't we need to know what is goodso we can do good?" Adam asked,"And… Continue reading

  • Each child is born in truth.(It's in living we learn to lie.) What gifts do you offerto bring us backto original innocence? Share them.Share them now. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • The Visitation, May 31

    Fetal Johnny jumps for joy:Mary carries a baby boy! How do preborns–sans hesitation–understand this Visitation? See the wonder on the women's faces?Ah, the mystery of God's great graces! Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading