The 60-Second Sabbath

intention

  • Photography

    I take photos. For those with clear eyes,the opportunities are endless–skyscrapers, cemeteries, snowy landscapes… What I really seek to captureare dreams. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.   Continue reading

  • I Know a Man

    I know a manbusily packing his lifewith charitable–even enviable–activity.But he's devoid of understanding(or love for?)himself. Terror of awarenessdrives him ever furtherfrom his center.  Good done of the sake of avoidance:I am confused by this. Text and image © 2012 by… Continue reading

  • Are You Free?

    What qualities of your motherhave you absorbed into your personality?And have you done so by choice? What values of your fatherhave you incorporated into your worldview?And have you done so by choice?  What teachings of your childhood faithhave you blended… Continue reading

  • Altars

    Every familypractices its own, unique religion,builds altars to a variety of gods,who nest and nestlewherever we focus our energy, our passion. To whom do we bow today? Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.    Continue reading

  • On the Eleventh Day of Christmas

    You feel it, don't you,the slow, sad, slipping away of Christmas?    –the ebbing of joy and hopefulness,like the fading buzz    of an exceptionally good glass of wine,like the last wax dripping from the taper,    congealing on the evergreens below,like… Continue reading

  • Pick Four

    Pick four spiritual qualities or life attributesthat you highly value, for example:peace, wonder, love and delightor hope, compassion, joy and contentment.Write these down. Now combine these four qualitiesinto a simple prayer/intention for yourself:"May I know peace, wonder, love and delight."Repeat this many times in the… Continue reading

  • Advent 3

    A miracle happened yesterday,suddden and real,catching me naked and exposed,delighted and transformed. Already I've forgotten it. How sad that this happens,and way too often… Watch for today's miracle–text me,and I'll remind you of itthe next time you complainthat miracles never… Continue reading

  • In the Trailer Park

    In my 20s,while attending graduate school,I lived in a trailer parkin Kalamazoo, Michigan.Many daysI'd go running around the outer edge of the park,a distance of about 1/4 mile.I'd run around and around the same narrow, asphalt street,past the same rusty… Continue reading

  • We Can See

    We can see,but that doesn't mean we look.We can hear,but that doesn't mean we listen.We can speak,but that doesn't mean we converse.We can know,but that doesn't mean we understand.We can embrace,but that doesn't mean we accept. We can gather to… Continue reading

  • Keep Waking Up

    Keep waking up. You woke up this morning;now wake up to this moment:this moment is not here to usher you into the next,but exists for its own sake. This is the kingdom–this moment–now. Now is it hand.Wake up to this… Continue reading