Journal of Sacred Work

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  • Days 353-357 – The Gifts of Canine Caregivers

    We yearn for unconditional love. Our judgement-free pets offer that. Patients often apologize for their appearance. Canine caregivers require no apology. Continue reading

  • Days 351-352: She Shelters

    Note:  Shared by Liz Sorensen Wessel  Advent Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke In the winter forest the wind drives the flock of snowflakes like a shepherd, And a fir tree senses how soon she will be blessed with candle-light, and… Continue reading

  • Days 346-350 – Saving A Child

    Yvan was born with a death sentence. His crime? Club feet. American children receive love & treatment. In Yvan’s Ivory Coast village the tradition is to kill “disfigured” children. That was Yvan’s fate until he found a pair of angels. Continue reading

  • Days 344-345 “It Is What It Is and I am What I Am”

    Note: this reflection is offered by Liz Sorensen Wessel “It is what it is”… my late brother John would often say and when I am missing him most, I listen for these words from others as a sign of his… Continue reading

  • Days 339-343 – The House of Surprise

    “The passing world survives only in moments of absolute being…” To find beauty in the image of a woman interrupting the lines of a row of drinking fountains is a gift we can unwrap everyday. Thus, our “ordinary” workplace becomes… Continue reading

  • Days: 337-338 In This Season

    “The human heart continues to dream of a state of wholeness, a place where everything comes together, where loss will be made good, where blindness will transform into vision, where damage will be made whole, where the clenched question will… Continue reading

  • Days 332-336 Conversations Between Body & Soul

    In the most serene rooms of your heart your soul whispers secrets to you alone. What are the hidden conversations between your soul & body? Our cells replace themselves every seven to ten years. What about the cells of your… Continue reading

  • Days 330-331 Hope

    Note: shared by Liz Sorensen Wessel     "Hope is a communal virtue. Now is the time to be community for each other  - to help carry burdens, to share, to offer hope, to trust, to love one another."  … Continue reading

  • Days 325-329 Reaching For Help

    The umbilical cord had just been cut. Suddenly separated from his mother my grandson reached for help. Almost every baby does it. Soon enough – usually sooner than we would like, we are taught to quit that. To stand on… Continue reading

  • Days 323-324 Trusting In Our Effort

    Do you ever feel that you are not up to the task? Often I am at a loss for what I might journal here, so I tend to choose something in the midst of my experience… meaningful in the present.… Continue reading