The 60-Second Sabbath

Humility

  • Love’s Captive

    I wantto be vanquishedby love. I want loveto win. Love,take me captive. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.   Continue reading

  • Your DNA

    My child,enough hinting at your identity;by now,your deeds should have you knowingthat you carry within yousomething of divinityflowing–as you do–among, through uswith such luminosity.  It's true:your DNAis not of this world. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All… Continue reading

  • Who You Are

    Though loss follows loss,you are not diminished.If anything,you becomemore clearly, purely, simplywho you are. Imagine yourself a crystal goblet,sparklingly empty,reflector and refractor of Light–an object of beauty breathtaking,ready to be filledwith the attainableand the inconceivable. Text and image © 2012 by… Continue reading

  • We Are Called

    We are calledto work for the rightsof those whom we mistrust,of those who wish us harm. As Lillian Hellman writes,"Since when do you have to agree with peopleto defend them from injustice?" Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries.… Continue reading

  • John 16:12-13a, Part 2

    Peter hauled him aside:"That thing you said,about there being so much more you could teach us–about God,about life…" "Each people, each timewill have its own learning," he responded,"its own slow steps in the kingdom. "I have talked to you of… Continue reading

  • John 16:12-13a, Part 1

    "Oh, yes, there's more,"Jesus said to his followers,"lots more–but there's only so muchthat you can absorbin any one parable,in any one lifetime of listening…" "But how, then, do we continue learning?" "The important thing now,"he replied,"is less the learningand more… Continue reading

  • The Table

    Stop wrestling with love,and let it win.Cry "Uncle!"and come join the family. There's a table already laid,large and laden for the lot of us. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Jacob and the Angel

    "I'm a pacifist,"said Jacob,when the angel showed upin his Spandex and mask."I won't fight you." Ignoring this,the angel grabbed Jacob around the waistand threw him to the ground. Jacob went limp."I won't fight you," he repeated."What part of this don't… Continue reading

  • Michigan Trees, 2

    Towering over the house,a hissing, blowing, shakingtemple of treesfills my room and dreamswith whispering, sibilant, sleeptime worship. I lie motionless and silent in my bed,awed. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Limits

    Last night I dreamt of flying,but could only do sowithin the confines of my living room. Even the green and yellow parakeet,within her cage,can fly. Even the iridescent blue betta,within his gallon tank,can swim. Even the cane-enabled old lady,within the… Continue reading