The 60-Second Sabbath

Stillness

  • How Poetry Works

    "Poetry?No, I generally don't read poetry.I don't get it." "Of course not," she said."You don't get poetry-poetry gets you." Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Scent Enabled

    Stop and smell the roses…but don't stop with roses:    smell the coffee brewing;    smell the laundry, fresh from the dryer;        bury your face in it;    smell the newly mowed grass;    smell the steaming blacktop, just… Continue reading

  • Surgery

    As my sister's    surgery starts,guide the hands    and still the hearts, calm the nerves    and dry the tears,give us patience,    ease our fears. All scenarios    we have foundlead us on    to sacred ground, God's… Continue reading

  • Prayer for the Cat

    Lord bless the pawthat touches the cheekthat bears the tearsthat cleanse the heartthat's battered and scarred. Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Photography 10

    I finally understand. I photographstillness. And when I do,I receivestillness. Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • The Color of God, 1

    What color is God? God is warm, earth tones    yellows, oranges, brownsthe color of nurture    birds nests and polished oak dining tablessun-tanned hands that reach, hold, lift    an open doorway on a snowy nightgolden light spilling onto… Continue reading

  • Photography 5

    I obsessover one, sole, photographic subject;of this alone I take pictures. I just don't know what to call it:     grace?    stillness?    Abba (Amma)? The same, exact photo,time after time,every time,every, single time,like now… Text and image… Continue reading

  • Photography 3

    Today,let a good photobe your textfor prayer. Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Photography 2

    I[click]take pictures[click]to meet[click]God. Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Time for a Break

    I'm choosing to take a break from The 60-Second Sabbath. I will return, but for the next month at least, with three weeks of travel and some major work deadlines, I'm going to give myself some extra space and allow… Continue reading