The 60-Second Sabbath

Photography

  • The Slippery Slope

    "Fear not!"announced the angel."Fear not the slippery slope!Strap on those skisand ride." Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Lacking Scarcity

    There isenough. I amenough. I live as ifthere isn't enough:    not enough time,    not enough money,    not enough sleep,    not enough room,    not enough accomplished… But there is alwaysenough. And I am alwaysenough. Text and… Continue reading

  • The Abyss

    He stands at the edge,in his head believingthat the plungewill not kill him,will, in fact,free him. Yet his heart quakes;blood rises to his face;heart pounds;breath comes shallow and fast. "Thar be monsters,"he has heard,monsters that loom large in the dark,yet… Continue reading

  • The Puzzle

    Pieces of my lifeeverywhere… …forgotten at the bottom of my sock drawer,    slipped behind the shoe rack in the closet,    abandoned in the cabinet in the guest bathroom,    tucked into a photo album,    lost among WordPerfect docs on my hard… Continue reading

  • First Session

    Barely 30 minutes into the first sessionand the therapist observes:"I think that perfectionismis also an issue." [pause] "It is,"I admit. "Why didn't you check itin the inventory?" Fair question. "Because being a perfectionistis a flaw,and being a perfectionist,I can't admit… Continue reading

  • Therapy, Again

    The therapist summed it up:     "You have unresolved grief."    "You are anxious and at times depressed."    "You need help getting your thoughts under control."    "Perfectionism makes all of this harder to embrace." So there it… Continue reading

  • The New Question

    For a very long time,the question of spiritual identityhas been,"Who are you?" Now is the time for a new question:"Whose are you?" We are God's.We belong to one another. As Desmund Tutu said,"I am because you are." Text and image… Continue reading

  • Virgin

    So I sat at the dinner table,a boy too young to know about sex,its power and complexity,but already a student of the Bibleand therefore, for me,a young woman pregnant without being marriedreflected, echoed the virgin Mary. When my brother announced… Continue reading

  • Your Opinions

    Why do you insiston judging every circumstanceas good or bad? Circumstances just are. Imagine the freedomof not evaluating,not formulating yet another opinion.* You exhaust me. You exhaust yourself. *unnecessary, unsolicited Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.… Continue reading

  • J.O.Y.

    I was taughta three-part formulafor pleasing God,for achieving success,for finding happiness:J.O.Y:     Jesus first,    Others second,    Yourself last. For a child first forging identity,this is bad advice;developmentally,the child's primary taskis to put herself first.Forcing her to do… Continue reading