The 60-Second Sabbath

Photography

  • God’s Lap

    Oh, to curl in God's lapthe way my cat curls in mine,to feel a strong hand steadying my side,to feel breath rise and falldeeper, slower than mine. Oh, to trust so completely.Oh, to so melt. And when God gets up to… Continue reading

  • Meeting the Self on a Dark, October Night

    I met my selfwhile walking home last nightalong a dark, October road,lined with leafless trees,swept by a coarse wind,smelling of approaching snow. I met my selfand knew he was but a ghost,a resonance of past illusion,an echo of concepts and… Continue reading

  • The Point

    Jesus never asked anyoneto be orthodox,but he repeatedly asked everyoneto serve, help and heal.  Why our obsessionwith creed and confessionwhen Jesus, our brother,says, "Love one another"? Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Training

    This is practice,and I am in training. I meditate,and the mind jumpslike a caffeinated kangaroo. This is practice,and I am in training. I breathe,feel the equanimity,until someone in the officepushes one of my several buttons. This is practice,and I am… Continue reading

  • The Party

    Throw a party. Invite all of your various and sundry selves:    the one you enjoy    and the one you ignore,    the one you honor    and the one you fear,    the selfish    along with the selfless,    the… Continue reading

  • Happy Cat

    Two paws knead the air–Open, extend, close, withdraw,Repeat. Pure contentment. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Offering

    I ripen:    heavy with juice,    dizzy with flavor,    sweet,    complex,    sticky. Pick me.Bite into me.Feel me drip down your chin. I am that good. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • On Knowing God

    She did it again,stepping out from behindmy neatly ordered rank of shirtsat the back of the closet.After giving me a moment to recovershe asked,    "It would be odd, would it not,    to read about your spouse    but not to talk with him,    to proclaim… Continue reading

  • Identity

    "We're Christians,"she said,"not Jesusians." And a few more shinglesblew off my roof. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Beings of Light

    "I am surrounded by beings of light,"he said, and then,"Can you see them?" I could not,though I did not doubt him;as surely as he was here,they had to be here, too–had to!—to comfort him, certainly,perhaps to lead him along. Then,… Continue reading