The 60-Second Sabbath

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  • Suffering

    It may be true,as my father liked to say,that suffering builds character.I'm willing to acknowledgethat suffering can (and has)built something along the linesof patience, empathy and stamina,but I do believe sufferingcan destroy character as well,bringing despair, anger, hurt,    confusion,… Continue reading

  • Light

    Light suffuses him.It squeezes from his poreslike toothpaste from a million, microscopic tubes.It hurts, like reverse injections.He suffers light. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Love’s Captive

    I wantto be vanquishedby love. I want loveto win. Love,take me captive. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.   Continue reading

  • Jacob and the Angel

    "I'm a pacifist,"said Jacob,when the angel showed upin his Spandex and mask."I won't fight you." Ignoring this,the angel grabbed Jacob around the waistand threw him to the ground. Jacob went limp."I won't fight you," he repeated."What part of this don't… Continue reading

  • The Face

    I cradle my brand-new grand niece,fresh from the other side,and look into her wide-open, unfocused brown eyes.Why would she so soon focus on earthly thingswhen she's just come from the Infinite,just looked eye-to-eye into the great and open Origin? At… Continue reading

  • Praise

    I praise the One whose arms support me,who knows when to lift me above danger,who knows when to put me back down to face it,whose presence is ever with me.who keeps the unseen way clear. I praise the One who constantly surprises,whose… Continue reading

  • All Is Metaphor

    All is metaphor.God,the Divine,the Transcendent,Truth(however you choose to define and labelthat which is beyond us)surrounds us,ready to lead, guide, teach. All of life is metaphor if you'll open to it. See the way the puppy looksto its ownerwith frustration, immediacy, adoration?So… Continue reading

  • The Rhythm of Rest

    God rested God's selfand it was good.     We are called to the same. God exhaledand was refreshed.     We are called to the same. God took delight,smiled and surveyed the fruit.     We are called to… Continue reading

  • The Edges of This World

    The edges of this worldare often slippery and unstable;I lose my balanceand fall within…to the voice of God,the sound of the thinnest silence. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. 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