The 60-Second Sabbath

mystery

  • God Undefined

    Give me a Godwho's a little bit odd,    who strays a bit south of convention,a God made of partsof old broken hearts,    a God of unnerving invention. I want the Divineto stray from the line    and shrug off our tight expectation,a… Continue reading

  • A Limerick for Christmas (Day 10)

    There was a wee infant so coldAttended by ordure and gold,    A paradox stabled,    Our God somehow cradled.We've never seen helpless so bold. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Making Progress

    I review my spiritual journey: I needed clarity then.I need mystery now. I needed definition then.I live in the vast Open now. I needed safety then.I am falling now, ever upward. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All… Continue reading

  • The Lover

    If you are to take a lover,let it be your soul. It desires you;you lust for it. Be ravished by its mystery and power. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • The Beginning

    He saw her for the final time just after sunrise,when autumn's cool morningbetrayed the heat that would manifest by midday. She'd seemed uncharacteristically distracted–diverted from her typical high focus–as she lifted her broad-rimmed straw hatfrom the peg beside the kitchen… Continue reading

  • Mysticism

    "I want to be a mystic," he said. "What kind of career is that?" she asked. "Well, it isn't a career exactly,it's more of a way to be." She snorted,"A way to be.And that pays…how much?" He ignored her sarcasm,because… Continue reading

  • The Legacy

    "My dear, young man,"she began,gazing earnestly over her half-glasses,her heart aching for him,"the birthright is yours,yours to claim,yours to own.Even now the circle crumbles;once dissolved,all support ends." He sat in confusion:birthright? circle? support?Turning and turning his ball cap in his… Continue reading

  • The Visitation, May 31

    Fetal Johnny jumps for joy:Mary carries a baby boy! How do preborns–sans hesitation–understand this Visitation? See the wonder on the women's faces?Ah, the mystery of God's great graces! Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. 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

  • Stopping by a Wall in the Early Morning

    Whose pants are these? I think I know.His home is up a block or so.My little Nikon thinks it queerThat I should snap a photo here. Why drape them so? At whose behest?Seems lacking logic at its bestFor jeans to… Continue reading