The 60-Second Sabbath

uncertainty

  • In the Forest

    You are lost in a forest.The undergrowth blocks you.Trees lean in.Light fades.Unidentified noises circle. What dangers waitin the creeping darkness?  You know, don't you?You've always feared    your erratic behaviors    your in-crowding thoughts,    your disquieting longings,    your… Continue reading

  • My Job

    There are times I think,"No one else in the worldholds the knowledge and experienceto do my job." And there are times I think,"The job I docould sink into oblivion this afternoonwith nary a ripple in the pond." So what do… Continue reading

  • The Game, Part 2

    I was tackled;no one said there would be tackling.I was chased down the field;no one said I'd be running scared.I swung bats at imaginary balls;"Whose side am I on?" I cried. "Life!""Work!""Relationships!" Something wooden whacked the back of my head.I… Continue reading

  • The Game, Part 1

    "I'm game," I said,"I just don't knowwhat gamewe're playing." "That's just it–we're recruited for the gamebut never given the rules." "But I…" The whistle blew:game on. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • The Border of Language

    I like lurking at the border of language,where the tongue blurs, slurs with vagueness. I hover here at the brink of Eden,eager to taste my own marrow. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Smoke

    We live our livesforging identities;thenin clouds of inevitably certain–yet oddly unexpected–smoke,watch all turn to ash. Our eyes widen in surprise. And God wonders,"Have we paid no attentionat all?" Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Did You Awaken Last Night?

    Did you awaken last nightwondering where you fit?how you will continue?what is the point? So did I. And with us,so did the Beloved. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.   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

  • 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 Bigger the Doubter

    The bigger the doubter,the harder (and farther)the fall into faith. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.  Continue reading