The 60-Second Sabbath

Religion

  • I Lay on My Back

    I lay on my back in bedand reach one arm upward,holding my hand open:"Take it," I whisper to God,"Just this once,grasp mine in yours;then I will be certain." My hand hangs suspended,waiting. It's easy to do this–try it some night–for… Continue reading

  • Job II

    And what would you have said?"Life sucks"?"There is no answer"?"God is capricious and uncaring"?"God? What God?""Try meth instead"? I would have sat beside himand wept. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.        Continue reading

  • Awake

    Soul slap.Spirit snap.Mind whack.And you're awake. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.  Continue reading

  • Theocracy?

    Those who advocate for theocracy(a country run by God)imagine a godwho acts and thinks as they do,with the added benefit of power. But their theocracy wouldn't, of course,be the static, controlling, orderly reign of Godthat they envision,because God is wildand… Continue reading

  • The Lord’s Prayer, Stanza 7

    It's all yours–every scattered, incomprehensible nebula,every iotic jot and tittle,union, vigor, repute,now and always,with us or without. Let it be so.Let it be so.  Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.   Continue reading

  • The Lord’s Prayer, Stanza 6

    Lure,seduce,bewitch us with purity,laughter,clam-happy bliss. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • With No Offense

    With no offense meantto theologians or accountants: A theologiantrying to explain Godis like an accountanttrying to explain poetry. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. (Concept suggested by Wm. J. O'Malley.) Continue reading

  • The Tree of Undoing

    Adam discovered another tree… Continue reading

  • Who Needs What?

    My salesman uncle used to bragthat he could sell ice to Eskimos,sand to Arabsand water to fish. Then he became a ministerselling God to congregants. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.   Continue reading

  • Welcome

    Why are you here? Did you come for transformation?Or to feel good? Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.   Continue reading