The 60-Second Sabbath

Unity

  • The Moment

    How is itwe find such truthin nakedness,in union? [which makes familiar our essential strangeness] What is it about the moment,    transcendent,    fleeting,    holy? Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • If It Comes to That

    If it comes to thatI shall travel aloneto that far shore;I shall worshipand know rapture. Praise is never a lonely pursuit;union defines adoration.Who can separate the Loverfrom the Beloved? Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.… Continue reading

  • Walls

    At duskI come upon the ruinsof an ancient wall.It's graying rocks,lichen-covered and rain-smoothed,rise like disintegrating teethabove the black-eyed Susansand Queen Anne's laceof the field. Whose hands gathered and stacked these stonesand to what purpose?Was I to be kept out?Were you to… Continue reading

  • O Antiphons: Desire of Nations

        O come, Desire of nations, bind        in one the hearts of humankind,    bid thou our sad divisions cease,        and be thyself our King of Peace. The world, worn and weary,barely able to rise from bed each morning,tired of grieving… Continue reading

  • The Halves and the Halves Not

    I am a word half-spoken;    you are that word's other half.I am a heart half-broken;    you are that heart's other half. I am a dream half-thought;    you are that dream's other half.I am a lesson half-taught;   … Continue reading

  • Toward Wholeness

    There's a man withinwhom I've ignored,discounted;he's never been heard,never been asked to contribute.Perhaps I've feared himor believed him irrelevant. But now I'm intrigued:    Who is he?    What does he have to say?    What can he teach me? So I ask,    "Who are you?" He answers,    "I… Continue reading

  • Revelation

    A whirlwindthrowing light,God spins by,erasing the lineI'd carefully drawnbetween sacred and secular. Laughing, God calls back,"Haven't you heard?I am the anti-boundary!" Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Visual Parable

    Here on the plazain Old Town Albuquerque,many chairs of varying huesgather around a single, sunny table. I get it,thank you. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Another Take on Justice

    Justice,for God,is restorative,not retributive. When his detractorswanted Jesusto condemn,to punish,he insteadforgives,restores,takes it backto before the offense. This is God's justice–not the slow burn in hellbut the time machine returnto original oneness. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All… Continue reading

  • Airport Encounter

    He is an atheist–religiously so.Eager to convert,he tries clubbing and dragging meover the fencefrom my foldinto his. I don't see the fence. Whether recognized or not,we are brother sheepsafely grazing in the same pasture. Text and image © 2013 by… Continue reading