The 60-Second Sabbath

Photography

  • Photo First #4

    Nashville, April, 2014. This is Nashville's Union Station, originally a railroad station, now an upscale hotel. A wonderful place to eat (if you can afford it), or just to go in and look around. This is the view from my… Continue reading

  • Photo First #2

    Nashville, April, 2013. If you've been to Nashville, you'll probably recognize this. I call it Ray Gun, because it reminds me of something from a 1950s sci-fi movie. In reality, it's a building (I believe it's the visitor bureau)–a round… Continue reading

  • Photo First #1

    Nashville, April, 2013. This early morning shot is all about the "leading lines." Where does your eye land? The arch of the bridge links to the curve of the tracks, which in turn echo the curve of the river. The… Continue reading

  • The Mystery of Our Faith

    Christ has died.     I am lost in memory,    in the traditions of my family and faith,    in a past that both comforts and cuts,    that hounds and heals.    But the past is necessarily   … Continue reading

  • Good Friday, 2013

    Train mein the fine and necessary grace    of dying. Teach meto paint the watercolor wash    of my own decay,to draw in delicate detail    my inevitable deterioration,to compose my private melody    of loneliness and loss. Then I shall be ready    for resurrection,to be the me    imagined at the… Continue reading

  • Maundy Thursday, 2013

        She huddles on the shore,feet buried in moist sand,cold to the bone, but rooted.     The waves pull at each other,slide up and over rocks,recoil and echo,slosh and hiss.     She feels awash and adrift,tasting a salt seabroader and deeperthan human need.  … Continue reading

  • John 8:31-32

    When Truth sets us free,she  frees usto re-imagine everything,including Truth. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • The Confrontation

    "Oh, my gawd!"she squealed."It's Jesus!" And it was,standing in the doorway,just as we'd finished another verse of"Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee." "What are you doing?" he asked. "We were just singing about you,"I said."Every week we…well, we praise you." He… Continue reading

  • Heresy

    There are no dues to pay.Nothing's to be earned.No merit system exists. To believe otherwise(to live otherwise)is heresy. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Undefended

    I standundefended. I cannotbut lovewhat is. What choice have Ibut to discover heavennow,here. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading