The 60-Second Sabbath

joy

  • Revolution

    It's time to feel comfortablewith feeling good.     It's okay to feel happy. Enjoying lifewon't undo me.     For some of us    such ideas    are revolutionary, breathtakinglyrevolutionary. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All… Continue reading

  • How We Live

    Your perceptionscreatethe world you experience. Perceive the worldas evil, threatening and cruel,and you will live in a worldof danger, fear, suspicion and defensiveness. Perceive the worldas welcoming, generous and sustainingand you will live in a worldof creativity, compassion, joy and… Continue reading

  • Good Friday, 2013

    Train mein the fine and necessary grace    of dying. Teach meto paint the watercolor wash    of my own decay,to draw in delicate detail    my inevitable deterioration,to compose my private melody    of loneliness and loss. Then I shall be ready    for resurrection,to be the me    imagined at the… Continue reading

  • Snow, Glorious Snow!

    It's snowing here in Denver. Those of you elsewhere in the country may not realize how unusual this is. It's been a very dry winter. Today we are finally having our first significant snowfall of the season, and long overdue. Longtime… Continue reading

  • For Me

    My poems,my photographs–they live for me,    to please me,    to nurture me,    to move me. Through them,I journey onward. Or, perhaps,they manifest for their own sake. Or, perhaps,for God's. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries.… Continue reading

  • Gloria in Excelsis Deo!

    Let your Christmas gloriasresound long and loudlyinto this new year. Why save them for December?     Gloria in excelsis Deo! Are you afraid you may run out?     Gloria in excelsis Deo!    Such is not the nature of… Continue reading

  • Chocolate Grahams

    Like rich, dark chocolateon a golden graham cracker,your love enrobes me. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • The Light of That Star

    On the night the star shined above,women and men walked below,some weighed down with wine, meat and grain,others weighed down with sorrow, fear and anger. Yet on all fell equally the star's lightand its promise. It's happening again. It's happening now.… Continue reading

  • Christmas Wish #6

    In this season,may you discover your own meaning. May you not be sucked inby the expectations of others.May it be (or not be)whatever it is (or is not) for you. Be silly, be joyfulbe withdrawn, be morose,be spiritual, be religious.Let… Continue reading

  • Love Song

    When you are this closeall is a blur–    eyes cannot focus,    mind cannot focus,    heart cannot focus. No lens can correct this vision. I blindly stumblethrough the gracious haze of your love. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.… Continue reading