The 60-Second Sabbath

equality

  • Journey’s End

    When I finally made it to the kingdom,weary from travel,hungry and eager to bathe,they treated me like royalty. And the next to arrive,also worn, starving and smelly–she, too, was welcomedwith a crown, a scepter and a robe. When bedtime arrived,out… Continue reading

  • Kingdom of Heaven

    We need not run from the future,    need not abandon ourselves    to the doomsayers and apocalyptic prophets,    those who read scripture    as an end-time move script    filled with CGI firestorms and floods,    with the righteous floating… Continue reading

  • Bargaining with the Moon

    Last nightwe bargained with the moon;"Your light," we said,"for this handful of dimes." The moon shook,spinning silver slivers across the sky,strands of light like firelies and summer sparklers."It's not my light," she laughed. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk… Continue reading

  • Poor Moses and Miriam

    Poor Moses and Miriam–their entirely original vision of freedom,justice,equality,mystery,dancing,groaning,the dis-ease that leads us into the wilderness that is God, co-opted by the order,oppression,consumption,satiation,and certainty of Solomon. It is the death of faith. Is this our destiny as well? Text and image… Continue reading