The 60-Second Sabbath

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  • Not One, But Not Two

    My friend Jim recently commented on a post of mine, decrying the use of labels. I think his response was justified. Labeling sustains separations that ultimately are illusory. In God, we become one. (Jim will occasionally refer to God as… Continue reading

  • God’s Learning Curve

    Bill Moyer's television series Genesis first introduced me to the possibility that the biblical narrative is not only a record of humanity's learning curve, but God's as well. Take the covenant concept: At first, God kept trying to establish agreements… Continue reading

  • WWWJE (With Whom Would Jesus Eat?)

    Jesus practiced an open-table fellowship that scandalized and outraged those who believed they spoke for God. He was surprisingly indiscriminate, rubbing elbows with "tax collectors and sinners" (coded lanugage for all those on the outside, the disdained, the feared, the… Continue reading

  • Sunshine and Rain

    bright, clear days call me outward    to run    to relate    to create cold, rainy days  call me inward    to stillness    to awareness    to accountability I am given sunny, celebratory daysand I am given gray, growing days I need both Text and image © 2010 by Dirk deVries. All… Continue reading

  • Discover Your Silence

    Discover your silence. Recover God. Text and image © 2010 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.     Continue reading

  • Was Jesus a Grownup?

    I asserted (back on October 22), that there are no grownups. Part of maturing is acknowledging and embracing this. To be human means not being a grownup; to some degree, we all remain insecure, self-centered children. And that's okay. It's… Continue reading

  • Unselfing

    If it unselfs you,treasure it,cultivate it. If it muscles through your grim, monotonous monitoringof what others think of youor whether or not you measure up,make a note. If it picks you up,shakes you out,and drops you a few feet away… Continue reading

  • On Silent Retreat

    "There is nothing in the world," says Meister Eckhart, "that resembles God quite like silence." All I hear, at this moment, is the sound of my pen tip rolling across the paper. It's that quiet. I sit up in the… Continue reading

  • Amma

    Breathe in. "Abba." Breathe out. "Abba." One of the ways I pray is to silently repeat words or phrases, often matched to my breathing (if sitting) or my steps (if walking). This is nothing unique, but an ancient way of… Continue reading

  • Prayer

    Don't say prayers. Be prayer. Text and image © 2010 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.    Continue reading