Jay DePoy

Writer in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Jay DePoy

Writer in Grand Rapids, Michigan

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Recovering Pharisee, Prisoner of Hope. I love Jesus, family, friends, sipping coffee with God in the wee hours of the morning, listening to stories from survivors of the fundamentalist movement, dodging rocks from pharisees, talking to my neighbor Sibbald, teaching my daughters how to hold their own in a mosh pit, walking barefoot for six months straight, reunions at airports, hugs on pause, laughing obnoxiously loud, walking obnoxiously slow, sending flowers to my enemies, flashmobs in church, starting books and never finishing them, celebrating the mystery of mercy, morning fog over the blue-ridge mountains, tree swings, picking up hitchhikers, weeding the thorns in my garden of regret, hating ohio state, throwing dance parties in the living room, solo road trips with no map, practicing resurrection, ignoring the empire, advancing the Kingdom, sudden panic and noisy retreat, restoring the future...

  • Work
    • www.jldepoy.blogspot.com
  • Education
    • Grand Valley State University
    • Grand Rapids Theological Seminary