The 60-Second Sabbath

Humility

  • Theocracy?

    Those who advocate for theocracy(a country run by God)imagine a godwho acts and thinks as they do,with the added benefit of power. But their theocracy wouldn't, of course,be the static, controlling, orderly reign of Godthat they envision,because God is wildand… Continue reading

  • Voice of the Prophets

    Each day around the worldin brutalitysprout the seeds of death,a ghastly gardenwatered by our averted gaze,our lost sensitivity,our lives of distraction. The time to reap approachesand our culture of consumptionshall fall beneaththe harvester's blade. Text and image © 2011 by… Continue reading

  • God in Love

    Why is God so in love with us–humanity gone mad–divided, violent, greedy? Because love is,by nature,irrational. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.  Continue reading

  • Poor Moses and Miriam

    Poor Moses and Miriam–their entirely original vision of freedom,justice,equality,mystery,dancing,groaning,the dis-ease that leads us into the wilderness that is God, co-opted by the order,oppression,consumption,satiation,and certainty of Solomon. It is the death of faith. Is this our destiny as well? Text and image… Continue reading

  • El Shaddai

    A choice today:ally yourself with hopeor with despair. On the back stoop of your lifewait two buckets–one filled with cat crapscooped from your heart's litter box,and the other filled with milk and creamfresh-squeezed from the aching udders of God. Why… Continue reading

  • Balaam’s Ass

    This morning,saddle up your heart's donkeyand let it take youwhere you fear to go. Expect a bumpy ride–you can't even imaginewhat you'll find–wasps, thorns, snakes and black flies,selfishness and murderous thoughts,parts you'd burned and buriedbut which still crawl,scarred and in… Continue reading

  • The Lord’s Prayer, Stanza 5

    Let forgiveness flow,sweet and sticky like honey,oozing over us,spilling onto otherssmeared and gooey,forever gunking upthe machinery of resentment. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.   Continue reading

  • The Lord’s Prayer, Stanza 3

    We yearn for your vision of wholenessto become our reality.Erase our pretended perimetersbetween this life and the next. We embrace the creation of Paradise–here, now–as our Greatest Commission. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • The Lord’s Prayer, Stanza 2

    We shall relate to youand to one another–with awe,with honor,with respect. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.   Continue reading

  • The Lord’s Prayer, Stanza 1

    Caring Onedwelling in heaven (yes, certainly),but more outstandingly here–between        within        among–you are ours(not mine, not anyone's specifically,but rather thoroughly, completely, all of)ourswithout proviso, clause or exception.  Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All… Continue reading