The 60-Second Sabbath

Unity

  • Simplicity and Innocence

    In the second half of life,there often arisesthe yearning to returnto simplicity and innocence.  Have you felt it?Do you feel it now? It is the yearningto see with wide-open eyesand an equally wide-open heart. That seems to us a paradox:How… Continue reading

  • Incarnation

    We,the children of incarnation,hereby declarethat we are not one,but many.We are composite;we are alloy. Pure? No, never.Emphatically. We are the cross-bred childrenof the cross-bred children,of the original parents–the melding of divinity and humanity,as was intended,as was anticipated. We,arethe childrenof messy,… Continue reading

  • Yin-Yang

    I come upon the cats,sleeping as you see below–"yin-yang," I describe it,all things in balance,passive and active,female and male,nurture and creativity,earth and sky. Something in their naturally posed stillness,which I observe at least once a week,speaks to me of the… Continue reading

  • Christmas, Day 2

    "Christ did not come into the world for gold."            –Bartalome de Las Casas (1484-1566)  Christ has not come for power.Christ has not come for gold.Christ has not come for fame.Christ has not come to shame or scold. Christ has… Continue reading

  • The Light of That Star

    On the night the star shined above,women and men walked below,some weighed down with wine, meat and grain,others weighed down with sorrow, fear and anger. Yet on all fell equally the star's lightand its promise. It's happening again. It's happening now.… Continue reading

  • If God Is…

    If God is,than God is so much greaterthan anything we've been taughtor can possibly imagine. If God is then we live in a universeconquered by love. If God is,then (what relief!)we can cease our strivingto convert, to persuade, to change,… Continue reading

  • The Transition

    The moment will comewhen I movefrom non-existenceto existence,from pseudo-beingto true being,from illusionto life,from the image of the Divine,to Divinity. What will I carryinto and through this transition?A handful of longing?A handbag of hope? Perhaps only a heartthoroughly emptied and cleansed,prepared… Continue reading

  • Everyone

    Everyone is interesting. Everyone has a story to tell. Everyone's history is everyone's history. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Like Fish in Water

    When was the last timeyou heard of fishattending a conferenceabout water? Why, then,do we attend conferencesabout God?  Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • What I Need from You

    Hey, Omar, my bartender:Share with me your wisdom. Hey, Isabel, assembling my burger:What has life taught you? Hey, Muhammad, my cabbie: What of your former lifemight illuminate mine? Hey, boss:If you were to mentor me,what guidance would you offer? Every one… Continue reading