Journal of Sacred Work

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  • 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

  • Days 319-323 Folds of Grace

    Work at any job for ten, twenty or thirty years & it becomes hard to see the elegance around us. When we find it our days breathe meaning. The world harbors dark pain. The world offers startling folds of grace. Continue reading

  • Days 317-318: May You Always Be…

    "Let sorrow be the door to an open heart."  Jennifer Berezen Some of us grieve, others rejoice. Through what lens do you look upon our world? Through a lens of separateness and fear or through the lens of love? I… Continue reading

  • 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