The 60-Second Sabbath

job

  • My Job

    There are times I think,"No one else in the worldholds the knowledge and experienceto do my job." And there are times I think,"The job I docould sink into oblivion this afternoonwith nary a ripple in the pond." So what do… Continue reading

  • A Mild Panic

    Daylight filters through the blinds,and with it, a mild panic–    another day of challenges I'm ill equipped to face,    another day of disguises to don,    another day of unrehearsed roles to play,    another day of moods to muster. It's called:Doing my job. And I… Continue reading

  • My Workplace

    In my workplacewe toil wielding tools of peace,    stories of reconciliation,    psalms of confidence and comfort,    women and men of courage and commitment. Why, then,when this has been my life's dream,do I feel so utterly mismatchedto the… Continue reading

  • This House of Labor

    I run toward the doorwaythat leads back into the roomI just tried to leave. In this house of labor,every exit is a return. Surely somewherewaits a yard meant for play? Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights… Continue reading

  • I Yearn for Wings

    Grateful for my career,I acknowledge its profound roots,reaching deep before I knew its name.I witness its vining tendrils,extending ever further from my sight. Yet I yearn for wings. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Job 3

    Many years laterin an unexpected moment of divine candor(seated at the fire,sharing a glass of ruby port),God opened up to Job: "What I really wantedwas for you to yell,'Enough!Enough taking! Enough destroying!Enough pain! Enough loss!'I wanted you to be more… Continue reading

  • Job II

    And what would you have said?"Life sucks"?"There is no answer"?"God is capricious and uncaring"?"God? What God?""Try meth instead"? I would have sat beside himand wept. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.        Continue reading

  • Job I

    So Job asked(quite reasonably),"What the hell?" And God answered(equally reasonably),"Who the hell are you to ask?" And in the impasseboth realizedthe equal needone of the other.  So go ahead and ask,"What the hell?" And don't be surprisedwhen God responds,"I don't… Continue reading