The 60-Second Sabbath

Religion

  • Sacredness

    Sacredness is never inherentin words, objects, events or spaces–it is what we bring,our consciousness of the divine. On this day,what will your awarenesssanctify? Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.   Continue reading

  • Praise

    I praise the One whose arms support me,who knows when to lift me above danger,who knows when to put me back down to face it,whose presence is ever with me.who keeps the unseen way clear. I praise the One who constantly surprises,whose… Continue reading

  • Reflections on Good Friday

    Good Friday.Tenebrae.Encroaching darkness,stillness. We gather to acknowledge loss–the loss of Christ on the cross,that great loss that echoes, honors, confirms our own.Tonight wraps us in loss.Tonight we wear the cloak of loss.Tonight darkness sweeps the earth    without the promise… Continue reading

  • Good Friday, 2012

    Nowseewhatyou'vegoneanddone? Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. (With thanks to Jim.)   Continue reading

  • All Is Metaphor

    All is metaphor.God,the Divine,the Transcendent,Truth(however you choose to define and labelthat which is beyond us)surrounds us,ready to lead, guide, teach. All of life is metaphor if you'll open to it. See the way the puppy looksto its ownerwith frustration, immediacy, adoration?So… Continue reading

  • Ultimate Blasphemy

    I have a new hero:Sebastian Castellio,who wrote,at the height of the Reformation,that to kill another in the name of Godis the ultimate blasphemy. Meanwhile,Reformers (Luther, Calvin, etc.)and Catholicshurled their toys about Europelike spoiled children storming through the nursery,throwing murderous tantrums,slaughtering… Continue reading

  • Sanctuary

    There is no sanctuarywithout virtue. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • On the True Nature of Church

    Every now and then,I take a picturethat seems to need no commentary. Here is one–a bumper sticker I saw recently in my neighborhood. Why does this speak to me?My response is,"Yes, that's it exactly…"  Text and image © 2012 by… Continue reading

  • Limerick

    The grace of God is unbounded;it's depths have yet to be sounded    no matter the fall,    the trip or the stall,by Love we're relentlessly hounded. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • The Saints

    I read the lives of the saints.I ask, "What do I do with this knowledge–this sacrifice,this willingness to suffer for the sake of others,to release all for a leap into the unknown?" And the answer comes to me,"It's not what… Continue reading