The 60-Second Sabbath

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  • Body Image

    I feel fat today–unattractive, dumpy.Like those gray, formless cloud-lumps hanging over the foothills.Like that bulbous row of resource-sucking cottonwoods along the river.Like that annoying crow that caws, caws, caws    to keep everyone away from its road-kill dinner. Text and image ©… Continue reading

  • Sanctuary

    "Sanctuary!" I cry.A small door in an infinite wall opens.As the dark trees crowd behind me,I crawl through.The door creaks shut.Now I am an immigrant in the kingdom of the ineffable,small, grateful, safe. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk… Continue reading

  • God Speaks Simply

    God said: You do not speak for me.I speak simply; you do not. Twitter of sparrows,creak of tall trees,hiss of blown snow,scrape of dry leaves,silence of stars. Laugh of a child,sigh of a lover,touch of a friend. I speak simply.… Continue reading

  • Discover Your Silence

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