Journal of Sacred Work

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  • The Passion – The Heart of the Third Seed

    As we rise this morning and the next to meet the day, we may consider, perhaps for the first time in a long time, an old and critical question: Are we living our lives with passion? If not, why not?… Continue reading

  • The Third Seed – Passion, Christmas, & a Special Greeting Card

    Passion calls us to thank God no only for “making each daisy separately” but for enabling us find Love in the daisy crushed by storm or tattered by insects. Passion calls us to gratitude for the life we have and… Continue reading

  • One Sunday Morning

    One Sunday morning Father George began his homily by declaring, “My goal is threefold; 1) have something to say, 2) say it 3) and then shut-up.” This caused me to sit up at attention and listen to his message of… Continue reading

  • Passion – The Third Seed

    Imagine the notion of living in this world like Brother Lawrence as if there were none but you and God in it. Imagine that everything boils down to your relationship with Love. How would this change your world and that… Continue reading

  • The Second Seed of Potential – continued

    This is a season in which many envision the picture of the lion and the lamb resting side-by-side. Yet I am mindful that even in this season of peace there is conflict within and among us all. Continue reading

  • The Second Seed- Awakening Potential in Others

    One of our greatest abilities is to awaken potential in others. The ways we do that inform us about how to awaken potential in ourselves. Continue reading

  • Potential -The Second Seed- Continued –

    There is no more clear incarnation of potential in this world than a new born baby. All of life opens before my granddaughter just as it did for each of us at our births. Continue reading

  • The Second Seed of Loving Care – Potential

    Because 19 year-old Robert Hawkins couldn’t find a loving purpose in his life, he ended his life, and the lives of eight other innocent people in a murderous rampage through an Omaha mall. “Just think, I’m gonna be famous,” he… Continue reading

  • Open Forum – Purpose

       During the first part of this week, we reflected on the role of purpose in the garden of Love. My own life purpose was enhanced yesterday, Thursday morning, Dec. 6, when I learned that our daughter had given birth… Continue reading

  • Love’s Song

    My radio is tuned to a station that now plays Christmas music around the clock. I am one of many who love this season and what it represents. And, yes, I start playing Christmas music as soon as the Thanksgiving… Continue reading