The 60-Second Sabbath

trust

  • 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

  • My Hope

    My hope? That death bringsa return to the Womb: quiet,darkness,warmth. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Faithing

    Faith should be a verb, as in,"Today I'll spend some time faithing." "Today I'll open to what's next,step into the unknown,discover and experience,take the cream pie in the face,accept the winning lottery ticket…" I'll faith today.How about you? Text and… Continue reading

  • Will I Be Loved?

    I am frightened. I feel the heat of the Beloved'sunrelenting, all-exposing light.How will I handleevery shadow erased,every secret stripped bare? Such vulnerability can only be bornewith the assurance of acceptance.When I am known–naked, authentic, true–can I be loved? Will I… Continue reading

  • The Life of the Cat

    My cats never pretendto be something they are not:when they want affection,they seek affection;when they want solitude,they seek solitude;when they want food,they ask for food;when they want warmth,they find warmth;when they want sleep,they sleep. But we humans…how complicated we make… Continue reading

  • The Shredder

    I cannot standthe tap…tap…tappingof neat stacks of papers–piles of tidy creeds and catechisms. Fire up the shredder… Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.   Continue reading

  • Abraham and Isaac

    The most powerful storiesare the ones from which we instinctively recoil.Take, for example,Abraham's call to sacrifice his son, Isaac–this is meant to be a doorway to the sacred? It's a doorway to an empty elevator shaft. Who is God?What is… Continue reading

  • Please Stand Clear

    "Please stand clear of the doors,"intones the recorded voice."You are delaying the departure of this train." Oh, yea?Well, maybe I'm not ready for departure…Maybe I like this momentbetween what I'm leavingand what lies ahead…Maybe the journey wasn't my idea…Maybe I… Continue reading

  • The Light that Comes from Us

    This evening,let's sit in silence as the sun sets,leave off the lamps,let the room be lit,only by the light that comes from us. As our eyes adjust,we'll discover our glowis bright enough to find our wayacross the room,down the hall,to… Continue reading