The 60-Second Sabbath

belonging

  • The Table

    Stop wrestling with love,and let it win.Cry "Uncle!"and come join the family. There's a table already laid,large and laden for the lot of us. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Coming Home

    Let's come home to where we live,    physically,    emotionally,    mentally,    spiritually. Let's fully inhabit these spaces.Let's claim them for    our hearts,    our minds    our bodies,    our spirits. What would this mean for you?What changes could… Continue reading

  • Screen Door

    From where I sit at the worn oak tablein the center of the kitchenat the heart of the house,I see the sunset–orange, gold, red, yellow–perfectly framed in the warped screen doorleading to the back porch,where the railing leans outward,and the… Continue reading

  • Belonging

    I want the one I loveto find his place,his happiness,his passion. I know he has found his home,as I have found mine,here where our hearts rest together. But like us all,he yearns to be neededby the world beyond. We are… Continue reading

  • We’re All Immigrants

    It's easy to forgetwe're all immigrantswithout any claimto this space or time,wayfarers,both strange and poor. It's easy to forget we're being hostedby a gracious Innkeeper,who endlessly overlooksour unwillingness to clear the table,the clothes we leave on the floor,the lack of… Continue reading

  • Organized Religion, Part 3

    "I don't believe in organized religion,"she said,moving a load of damp towelsfrom a washer to a nearby dryer. "That's why I like my church,"he said, struggling to match still-warm socks."It's  less about organizing,and more about embracing." Text and image ©… Continue reading

  • Puzzle Piece

    I am the missing pieceof a nearly completed puzzle.I've walked through hall after hall,stopped at table after table,scanned jigsaw after jigsawhoped for the possiblity of fitting in,and yet… Have you worked with a puzzle,struggling with a piece you know belongs… Continue reading

  • Come, Follow Me

    "Come, follow me." In Jesus' world, rabbis used this phrase to recruit their star pupils for advanced studies. If directed to you, it meant you were the elite–you'd made the grade, passed the test, proved yourself worthy. Jesus (yet again!)… Continue reading

  • I Belong

    "But what do you believe?" I don't believe.I belong. Test and image  © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.     Continue reading