Journal of Sacred Work

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  • Days 312-316 – A Healing Time & The Power of Catch Phrases

    We condemn sound bites…& we live by them. Consider Beth Ritter-Conn’s ten word phrase, “…healing has to begin where hurt has been the greatest.” Then there are the Apostle John’s three words that changed the world: “God is love.” Continue reading

  • Days 310-311: Your Infinite Source

    Note from Liz Wessel: This reflection is dedicated to my colleagues who I have had the privilege to serve alongside; with gratitude for the love you have woven into the hearts and souls of the many lives you have touched. Thank you… Continue reading

  • Days 318-323 – “The Divine Blueprint”

    The more variegated & unusual our soul’s blueprint, the more courage it takes to live it. And the more dazzling the result if that courage & that destiny are embraced. Continue reading

  • Days 316-317 Your Gifts

    Note: This reflection is offered by Liz Sorensen Wessel to celebrate Erie Chapman; a man with a brilliant mind, sensitive heart & creative spirit. What better way to honor the Beauty of his soul than to share a few of… Continue reading

  • Days 310-315 – The Body Electric or the Electric Body?

    We can argue our uniqueness. Still, the “electric body” could, within this century, so threaten our humanity that we may ask: Where is our soul? Continue reading

  • Days 308-309 An All Inclusive Love

    Note: This reflection is offered by Liz Sorensen Wessel Metaphors enable us to express divine ineffable truths. The mystery of the Holy Trinity is a Christian understanding of God. One that invites us into a relational experience of love.  Richard… Continue reading

  • Days 303-307 – Slow

    Speed tramples compassion, destroys Radical Loving Care & causes spiritual blindness. Race through your days & you will miss the world’s beauty. All gifts hide inside Slow. Continue reading

  • Days 301- 302 Autumn

     Note: Shared by Liz Sorensen Wessel Autumn The leaves are falling, falling as if from far up, as if orchards were dying high in space. Each leaf falls as if it were motioning "no." And tonight the heavy earth is… Continue reading

  • Days 296-300 – The Impossibility of Love

    Admire the seekers. Admire the caregivers who risk everything for Love in order to “move this little bit of light toward/ us/ impossibly.” Continue reading

  • Days 294-295 An Essential Truth

    “If your only goal is to love, there is no such thing as failure…” St. Francis of Assisi According to the Franciscan priest Richard Rohr, Saint Francis offered an alternative way of life that recognized God’s presence in our midst… Continue reading