The 60-Second Sabbath

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  • Growing

    What a mess the world is in,filled with sorrow, death and sin,so much suffering, greed and hate,wrathful nature, cruel fate.Why would God allow it so? "Even God has room to grow." Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All… Continue reading

  • First Session

    Barely 30 minutes into the first sessionand the therapist observes:"I think that perfectionismis also an issue." [pause] "It is,"I admit. "Why didn't you check itin the inventory?" Fair question. "Because being a perfectionistis a flaw,and being a perfectionist,I can't admit… Continue reading

  • The Supper

    "We have here,"he said,"all the elements of the perfect supper."He waved his hand grandly across the table."Bread, freshly-baked, steaming from the oven,soft and hot as your midnight touch;water, cold and clear as crystal,bracing as your honesty, cleansing as your tender… Continue reading

  • Sacred Spring

    I sit among the lilacs blooming–lavendar, white, pink and blue.I inhale God. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading