Journal of Sacred Work

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  • Days 30-34 – Who Should Lead Caregivers?

    “The difference between the right & wrong leader is the difference between sunshine & gloom. Leadership incompetency is a hidden health care tragedy. Nurses & physicians who achieved medical certifications were never tested for their leadership skills. Caregivers & patients… Continue reading

  • Days 28-29 “The One Who Dreamed the Universe”

    Note: shared by Liz Wessel;  an excerpt from "Eternal Echoes" by John O’Donohue. “The one who dreamed the universe loved circles. There is some strange way in which everything that goes forward is somehow still travelling within the embrace of… Continue reading

  • Days 23-27 – Changing the Past

    Want to change your history? Our past is a library of books we wrote. Rewrite those books & you change your life. As the cartoon priest said, “Change comes from within.” Continue reading

  • Days 21-22 When Lightning Strikes

    Reflection by Liz Wessel On walks through Irvine Park I have often passed by this tree but not without notice. Each time I find myself pausing to gaze upon her with curiosity and awe. This tree sustained a great shock… Continue reading

  • Days 16-20 “Delivered From Distraction”

    “People with ADD often have a special “feel” for life, a way of seeing right into the heart of matters, while others have to reason their way along methodically.” We need to honor as well as treat people afflicted with… Continue reading

  • Days 14-15 We Are The Ones

    Note: Reflection by Liz Sorensen Wessel The recent election has magnified a great chasm that seems to separate us one from another. Collectively as well as individually we bear witness to the best and the worst in ourselves. We live… Continue reading

  • Days 9-13 – The Marriage of Love & Need

    This sacred encounter awakens every experience of our personal participation in the marriage of love & need. And it is the body language of these people that most nurtures our sense of the majesty & grace of caregiving. Continue reading

  • Days 7-8 Threshold

    Note: shared by Liz Sorensen Wessel   Sacred Mystery, waiting on the threshold  of this new year, you open the gates and beckon to me. "Come! Come! Be not fearful of what awaits you as you enter the unknown terrain,… Continue reading

  • Days 2-6 – What Do You See?

    If I share the circumstances of this photograph you may think, “I see” & move on. The artist’s dismay is that you miss whatever else a picture has to offer. Speed is not a part of meaningful encounters. Continue reading

  • Days 365 -1 “Light through a Gap”

    Note: Written by Liz Sorensen Wessel Light through a Gap Light comes through a gap in the curtains:The promise of morning.Light comes through the flaws of our lives:The promise of love. ~ -Modern Prayer from Berlin, Germany We humans are… Continue reading