The 60-Second Sabbath

Humility

  • Valentine’s Day, 2012

    For all of youwaiting (afraid?) to say,"I love you"to someone: You're running out of time. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Taking Risks

    When they ask me,"Can you do this or that?or such 'n such?"Yes has become my default response,even when the taskis untried and foreign.  I learn as I go. Without risk, I stay right here. And if I fail,then,at the very least,I find… Continue reading

  • Victory Lap

    At the beginning of what we call "Holy Week"(but might better be called "Horror Week–a week of betrayal and humiliation),he rides into town on a donkey.We see this as a sign of humility.  But here's a fascinating bitof historical trivia:after… Continue reading

  • Woven Together

    We may share joy;we most certainly sharethe warp and woofof sorrow. Our woundedness weaves us one.  Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Going Numb

    I am pressed to the bedby a curled catdreaming, whisker-twitching on my lap. Who am I to disturbsuch safety, such warmth? Perhaps he is in cahoots with the Beloved:I'm to pen one last poem,excavate one final, pithy observation,extend my silence through… Continue reading

  • Belonging

    I want the one I loveto find his place,his happiness,his passion. I know he has found his home,as I have found mine,here where our hearts rest together. But like us all,he yearns to be neededby the world beyond. We are… Continue reading

  • Love

    As Christian young people,we sang "Kum Ba Yah" and "Pass It On." We also sang: "Love, love, love, love–the gospel in a word is love.Love you neighbor as your brother.Love, love, love, love." What we did not sing,but is implied:"Love… Continue reading

  • MLK, Denver, 2012

    "We are in this together,"read the placard.And we were:black, white, Korean, Hispanic,Baptist, Methodist, Christian, Muslim,students and the aged (with canes),dreadlocks and crewcuts,Up with People and down with the system,male, female, gay, straight–an unlikely mix of one,just as God dreamed us. And… Continue reading

  • The Family Nativity

    A few posts back (on December 27), I suggested kneeling before your home Nativity scene and imagining what each figure might have to say to you. This is a form of meditation, of opening yourself to the Divine to see… Continue reading

  • Peace Process

    Instead of firing bullets of lead,instead of removing my well-fixed head,instead of grinding my bones for bread,let's sit together and talk instead. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.   Continue reading