The 60-Second Sabbath

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  • Fear Not

    The angel appeared."Fear not," he said. "You always say that," I said."Whenever you pop in,you always start with,'Fear not.'What's up with that?" He sighed."Because no one listenswhen they're afraid–not to spouses, neighbors, friends,family members, store clerks–they just don't listen.It's so… Continue reading

  • Identity

    "We're Christians,"she said,"not Jesusians." And a few more shinglesblew off my roof. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • When God Lives within You

    When God lives within youthe parables and prayersof all faithsincreasingly make sense–the poems of the Sufis,the drumming circles of indigenous peoples,the beads of the Catholic rosary,the prayer Jesus taught his disciples,the rasping chant of the evening cicadas… The more deeply… Continue reading

  • Core Word #3: Expansion

    As I've grown spiritually (and I do think of it as growth, though maybe it's change, or evolution, or devolution–in any case, because it gets better and better, I experience it as growth), it feels, even when I'm letting go… Continue reading

  • The Words I Love

    In the movie Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, the title character, anticipating her demise (at the stake), tearfully tells her friends: "When I'm gone, I want to be remembered with two simple words…(pause)…any two words, as long as they're simple."… Continue reading

  • The Next Framework

    We each fit what we observe and experience into the framework that currently holds it together for us, until we're ready to have that framework shaken to the ground and the next one take its place. What I hope for myself… Continue reading