The 60-Second Sabbath

Mindfulness

  • The Set Up

    Tell me I'm handsome,tell me I'm smart,tell me I can do and become    whatever I want, and when I encounter failure,when I make mistakes,when I face reality, I will doubt myself,wonder what's wrong with me,realize I can't possibly be … Continue reading

  • Advents

    It's Advent,and there are more arrivalsthan that of sweet baby Jesus: the train of memory drops them off,one by one, as it circles the tree–    pets and playmates,    classmates and cousins,    parents and neighbors,    siblings and colleagues, … Continue reading

  • Would You?

    You don't believe;    I get that.But if you could,    would you? I can't run a marathon,    but if I could,    I would. I can't sing like Andrea Bocelli,    but if I could,    I would. We share that ache for meaning,    don't we?     yearning for depth,    craving connection,    desiring amazement…… Continue reading

  • In what ways, today,will you increase your awarenessthat you are God's beloved? By reading this,you have. And you might slow down    sing    sit    keep silencewalk    open    hold hands    absorblisten    meditate    stretch   … Continue reading

  • Christmas Wish

    "Believe in the magic of Christmas!"so our greeting cards suggest. "Let Christmas believe in the magic of you!"is my holiday behest. Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Advent Lament

    No, you come to early,    Lord Jesus:Just announced, yet here it is,    two weeks from your arrival. We've got too much to do…    Chex Mix to make,    cookies to bake.Thank God (I mean, thank your Father) … Continue reading

  • Advent Prologue (John 1:6-9)

    There is someonesent by Godwhose name is[insert your name here!],who comes as a witnessto testify to the light,so that all might believe. [Insert your name here!]is not the lightbut comes to testifyto the light. The true light,which enlightens everyone,is coming… Continue reading

  • Advent Grief, Revisited

    (for Jeremy and Mason) How, at your end, are things? Christmas just a week awayand such sudden emptinessof home, of heart death leaves us vacant;I have felt it;negative space the shape of your beloved for a timeyou shall occupy that… Continue reading

  • December Work

    A dozen tasks traipse through my headas I lie silent on my bed.It's sugar plums I wish would dance;they hold a good deal more romancethan deadlines, proofs and printer's woes.But thus it is, and so it goes. It's not the… Continue reading

  • The Approach

    Advent,    and who is this approaching? What hidden self    emerges from the woods,    the crawl space,    the garden labyrinth? What time-hidden, reclusive divine embodiment    has Word to give,    Word to enflesh,    my Word, that… Continue reading