The 60-Second Sabbath

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  • Simplicity and Innocence

    In the second half of life,there often arisesthe yearning to returnto simplicity and innocence.  Have you felt it?Do you feel it now? It is the yearningto see with wide-open eyesand an equally wide-open heart. That seems to us a paradox:How… Continue reading

  • The Lord’s Prayer, Stanza 2

    We shall relate to youand to one another–with awe,with honor,with respect. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.   Continue reading

  • The Lord’s Prayer, Stanza 1

    Caring Onedwelling in heaven (yes, certainly),but more outstandingly here–between        within        among–you are ours(not mine, not anyone's specifically,but rather thoroughly, completely, all of)ourswithout proviso, clause or exception.  Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All… Continue reading

  • The Unfolding

    What Willy apprehendsas he trots toward mewith his prolonged, staccato meow,is not a past, present and future,but a steady allness,an isness that encloses self, me, his brother, my partner Tim,    the wood floor below, the kitchen counter above,without division or distinction,in… Continue reading