The 60-Second Sabbath

trust

  • Listen to Your Life

    "Listen to your life," advises Frederick Buechner. "Listen to what happens to you because it is through what happens to you that God speaks…" This is also what my friend Jim says. The morning we learned that our office was… Continue reading

  • Riding Home

    I am a child.I am in the backseat of my parent's pale-blue Plymouth.I am rocked asleep    with the drum of rain on the roof,    with the rythmic slap of the wipers,    with the certainty that fills warm spaces        as they hurtle along night's wet highways.… Continue reading

  • Trust

    I tripped over this quote this morning, source unknown: Trust God to work his life in others as he is working in you. Okay. Of course. Yes. Wow. The challenge is to trust in God, not in me, not in… Continue reading

  • Lost and Found

    I'm always found,but I'm also always lost. I'm always lost,but I'm also always found. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.   Continue reading

  • My Soul

    My soulis like my cats–soft, gentle, inquisitive, tentative, vulnerable.What it needsis a safe place to venture forth. Is this it? Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.    Continue reading

  • The Sweater of Belief

    I don the sweater of belief.What's this thread?I pull it, take a closer look.It keeps coming.Doesn't look like I need it.Snip. Here's another… And another… How long does this sweaterremain a sweater? This unraveling should unnerve me,but I'm warm enough… Continue reading

  • Happy Year That Is New

    New year; new design. I began blogging on August 31, 2009, with the hope of posting both text and a photo every day. So far, I've accomplished that, and I'm grateful. It's been four months of sacred play. I'm grateful that… Continue reading

  • Core Word #2: Innocence

    Innocence means welcoming the world with open eyes, open hands and an open heart. It means seeing with childlike eyes. Innocence makes it possible to experience life's good gifts each day as if for the first time. Innocence means starting… 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

  • Live, Finally

    Stop trying to domesticate the divine. God is sensuous, unpredictable, vulnerable, tender, lonesome, dangerous, arbitrary. Throw yourself over the rim, into the depths. Live, finally. Text and image © 2010 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.   Continue reading