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Deryn Van der Tang

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Born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and currently residing in Washington DC, I embarked on a transformative journey after retiring. My life has been a mosaic of life experiences and relocations across countries, connecting me to family scattered across the globe.
My heart has always resonated with art, poetry, and writing, and I've dedicated most of my life to finding my unique voice and expressing my Christian faith through these creative mediums. Through published articles, photographs, and books, I've explored the intricate layers of my existence.
My art seeks to transform both adversity and joy into spiritual and aesthetic expressions. Nature, with its timeless cycles of growth and decay, serves as a wellspring of inspiration, offering metaph
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Deryn Van der Tang Whenever I am looking for inspiration to write, and cannot come up with something. I start paging through my boxes of journals, written over many year…moreWhenever I am looking for inspiration to write, and cannot come up with something. I start paging through my boxes of journals, written over many years, or let something in the daily news get my attention and then go for a walk. As I walk my mind will slowly start joining dots and an article, blog or story will start forming in my mind so when I go back and sit at my computer, the words will start to flow.(less)
Deryn Van der Tang I am currently working on a book of meditations on Psalm 139 as well as a Memoir
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The Answer Lies in The Soil

   Grapes on the vine

When I was a child, one of my favorite radio programs was called “The Answer Lies in the Soil.” It was run by the Natural Resources Board of Rhodesia, teaching farmers how to get the most out of their land. My grandfather, an agricultural extension officer, and my father, who worked for the Agricultural Research Council and Land Bank, were both deeply connected to this calling of nurturing the

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“No time? If you do one thing a day, you will have done thirty things in a month.”
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“God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars.”
Elbert Hubbard

“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”
Corrie ten Boom

“I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no ‘brief candle’ to me. It is sort of a splendid torch which I have a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it over to future generations.”
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“I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't.”
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“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
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