The 60-Second Sabbath

Growth

  • One Day

    To feel okay about myselfI need to feel superior to others:    I'm better organized.    I eat better.    I attend church.    I give to charity.    My opinion is more considered.    I don't waste money.   … Continue reading

  • Original Sin

    Listen up,all you original sinners:we've gotten it backwards. When Augustine first proposedthe doctrine,it wasn't to say,"See how bad you are!" Augustine assertedthe opposite:    "You struggle with sin    because you inherited    the tendancy toward it.    It's not your fault!" Text and image… Continue reading

  • Visual Parable

    Here on the plazain Old Town Albuquerque,many chairs of varying huesgather around a single, sunny table. I get it,thank you. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Another Take on Justice

    Justice,for God,is restorative,not retributive. When his detractorswanted Jesusto condemn,to punish,he insteadforgives,restores,takes it backto before the offense. This is God's justice–not the slow burn in hellbut the time machine returnto original oneness. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All… Continue reading

  • Your Own Suffering

    Unawareof his own suffering,covering itwith a sticky shellacof bravado,he formed a crustthat buffered him from othersas well as himself,a mantleof insulating indifference. Unawareof his own suffering,unable to touch it,to heal it,it festered,until finally,sickened by the infection,he could no longer pretendhe… Continue reading

  • Those Who Live

    Those who live from egocreate a God of ego,who, like them,counts, measures, judges, moralizes, critiques, condemns. Those who live from spiritknow the God whom Jesus knew,    live in and with God,    live in and with others,    live… Continue reading

  • On the Illusion of an Angry God

    Jesus tells us,"Love unconditionally."    Why would we imagine God does not? Jesus tells us,"Forgive seventy times seven."    Why would we imagine God does not? Jesus tells us,"Love your enemies."    Why would we imagine God does not? I… Continue reading

  • Confrontation

    He ranted.I listened.Something clicked:     He feels these feelings.    He believes these beliefs.    He thinks these thoughts.    They are his, not mine.    That is him, over there.    Over there seethes anger, drama, ego.  … Continue reading

  • Self-Care

    What doesself-carelook likefor you? For meit's silence,solitude,a blank page,a pen. What doesself-carelook likefor you? Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.    Continue reading

  • Being at Peace

    What a joy to learnthere is no faulty or unworthy selfthat needs to be improved. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading