The 60-Second Sabbath

love

  • Magic

    I believe in magic,because I have known love. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Kiss Me

    "Kiss me," he said, "or I shall die,die of a battered heart." "Oh, please," she said. "Your drama putsthe cart before the horse.You shall not die; you'll just be sad;I've often trod this course.'I'll die! I'll swoon! The bucket kickwithout… Continue reading

  • Seeing

    The scales fell from his eyes,and for the first time he sawthe nothingness in their stare,the empty ache of their longing,the unbridgeable distance between their hearts;he knew no going back. The scales had beenboth curse and grace;the former he'd known;the… Continue reading

  • Love

    The one I loveis remarkably vulnerable,unabashedly transparent,hopelessly trusting,and absolutely beautiful. And I?I am undeservedly blessed. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Orthodoxy

    While creeds and dogma have their place,I'd rather trace a human facewith silent, slow and soft embrace. Orthodoxy's not my goal:I'd rather touch a human soul. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.     Continue reading

  • And Speaking of Jesus

    What mattered to Jesus? Generally, what you did,what you said,what you gave,whom you embraced,not what you believed. Read the gospels;see for youself. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • You

    I spent my lifeseeking you,my soul-friend. At first you seemed to mea mirrorreflecting my history,    my loss,    my courage. Now I knowyou are the voice of sustenance,    challenge,    nurture. Who knewthat consentwould be so easy,    so stabilizing,   … Continue reading

  • Living with Ghosts

    We all live with ghosts. They are the people we see through,pretending they don't exist. They may be in our house,on the bus,or in the next cubicle at the office. We sit beside them in church,at the ball game,or in… Continue reading

  • The Supper

    "We have here,"he said,"all the elements of the perfect supper."He waved his hand grandly across the table."Bread, freshly-baked, steaming from the oven,soft and hot as your midnight touch;water, cold and clear as crystal,bracing as your honesty, cleansing as your tender… Continue reading

  • PB&J

    We make 100 PB&J sandwiches,gently spreading crunchy peanut butteron donated white bread(which tears easily given the fragility of the breadand the stiffness of the peanut butter). The other slice of breadwe coat with squeezable grape jelly(squeezability speeds up the process).… Continue reading