First Things RSS Feed - Judith D. Dupree https://www.firstthings.com/author/judith-d-dupree en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:55:17 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/judith-d-dupree 60 In the Beginning https://www.firstthings.com/article/1996/08/in-the-beginning https://www.firstthings.com/article/1996/08/in-the-beginning Thu, 01 Aug 1996 00:00:00 -0400 The sun was fierce that day,
relentless even in its shadow. Heat
clung to the walls and troubled
the air like a presence almost seen.

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]]> I Will Expose You, God https://www.firstthings.com/article/1994/02/i-will-expose-you-god https://www.firstthings.com/article/1994/02/i-will-expose-you-god Tue, 01 Feb 1994 00:00:00 -0500 I will expose you, God, where You hide 
behind the great gray universe, 
twinkling stars like marbles 
through the airless air.
I will trace the whorl of your 
great thumbprint, 
the dust of it, across the darkened sky. 
I will call Your bluff, 
and blow away the vapor screen 
that secrets You beyond our streaming eyes. 

I will call  You , God, call You loudly forth— 
summon You, who laid the angels, wingless, 
far from Heaven's heights, 
and barred the entry to Your kindly Kingdom. 

I will dare You—challenge You, elliptic God, 
to come and shout Your wordless name. 

Come!

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