The 60-Second Sabbath

Humility

  • Lost and Found

    I'm always found,but I'm also always lost. I'm always lost,but I'm also always found. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.   Continue reading

  • The Sweater of Belief

    I don the sweater of belief.What's this thread?I pull it, take a closer look.It keeps coming.Doesn't look like I need it.Snip. Here's another… And another… How long does this sweaterremain a sweater? This unraveling should unnerve me,but I'm warm enough… Continue reading

  • My Fear of Words

    Sometimes I'm afraid to use words, for fear they will most certainly fail, and that what I'm trying to express–the thing I'm experiencing–will be diminished. Like this. Have I captured this experience, the fear of failing to honor the experience… Continue reading

  • Because God Is God

    Draw close to God because God is God. Don't do it because you fear God. Don't do it to please God. Don't do it to appease God. Do it simply because you delight in God, find joy in God, wonder… Continue reading

  • The Role of Words

    If what you seek is truth,give up on words. All writing–all speech–is fiction,a combination of symbols arranged in arbitrary order,pointing (depending on the speaker and receiver)in any of several dozen directions. Your words are a bucket of ping-pong ballssealed in… Continue reading

  • Big Arms

    I want big armsa big hearta mind oh so very opento embrace what is way vasterthan what I've known or could ever imagine.  Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.  Continue reading

  • Shedding Unnecessaries

    Why am I trying to live someone else's life?"Has anyone seen Dirk?"I'm exhausted.All this energy poured into peripherals. My life's work is meant to bemaking this one, single, unique lifeentirely my own. How to shed the unnecessary? Text and image… Continue reading

  • Jingle Bells

    I have this memory of a church Christmas party when I was a child. The kids were invited to call out carols they wanted to sing. One boy shouted, "Jingle Bells." There was this moment of awkward silence, after which… Continue reading

  • On a Snowy Night

    I walk through my neighborhood on a snowy night a few days before Christmas, mulling over life and just wondering (as in, feeling wonder-struck) at the decorations and lights. Every now and then something I see triggers specific memories from my childhood, like the… Continue reading

  • Core Word #8: Humility

    Hello, humility. Did you know you're one of my favorite words? In case you're wondering, I didn't choose you as a core word because I believe I embody you. I don't, and I know that. I truly aspire to, but… Continue reading