The 60-Second Sabbath

Solitude

  • Sunshine and Rain

    bright, clear days call me outward    to run    to relate    to create cold, rainy days  call me inward    to stillness    to awareness    to accountability I am given sunny, celebratory daysand I am given gray, growing days I need both Text and image © 2010 by Dirk deVries. All… Continue reading

  • Discover Your Silence

    Discover your silence. Recover God. Text and image © 2010 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.     Continue reading

  • On Silent Retreat

    "There is nothing in the world," says Meister Eckhart, "that resembles God quite like silence." All I hear, at this moment, is the sound of my pen tip rolling across the paper. It's that quiet. I sit up in the… Continue reading

  • Amma

    Breathe in. "Abba." Breathe out. "Abba." One of the ways I pray is to silently repeat words or phrases, often matched to my breathing (if sitting) or my steps (if walking). This is nothing unique, but an ancient way of… Continue reading

  • Prayer

    Don't say prayers. Be prayer. Text and image © 2010 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.    Continue reading

  • The River

    In Hidalgo there's a riverthat's renewed my faith in grace;strongly flows with cooling waterfor my body and my face. Lord, you knew that this was coming,placed it on our journey back,knew our bodies needed cleansing,and our souls refreshment lacked. So we… Continue reading

  • The Love of Snow

    It is snowing–big, wet flakes coming out of a gentle, quiet, gray sky. There's no anger in this snowfall, nothing being whipped, thrown or driven. It's simply snowing. It's snowing simply. This snow invites: "Watch me," it says. "Enter me;… Continue reading

  • The Stillness of Snow

    He's lost, staring out at the snow falling, falling, silently falling. He's focused on the street light mid-block, its milk-white globe glowing larger than real, reaching into the surrounding snowfall to create a moon of umbrated light. The snow can… Continue reading

  • Hush

    Slow down. Listen. Hush. There may never beSilence.But there will beStillness.And with stillness,Awareness.And with awareness, the opportunity forPeace. Breathe your lungs,Beat your heart,More slowly. Cease speaking, inside and out.Resist thinking.Stop writing… Text and image © 2010 by Dirk deVries. All… Continue reading

  • Creator Spirit

    Creator Spirit,in this moment,present with you,help me to be. Text and image © 2010 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.   Continue reading