Journal of Sacred Work

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  • Spontaneous Living

    Improvisation, contrary to what many think, requires deep preparation as well as courage. In order to know how best to handle a medical or emotional emergency, we must prepare our minds and hearts Continue reading

  • Improvisation & Ego

    When caregivers act from love, they need never worry about the outcome. They never concern themselves with either praise or blame. Love is always its own best reward. Continue reading

  • The Benefit of the Doubt

    Dr. Scott Diering is an emergency medicine physician currently living and working in Maryland.. His is a husband and father and author of the book Love Your Patients! In his book, Dr. Diering describes how you know when you have… Continue reading

  • Anniversary Time

    Although there have been days when I wasn’t sure I had the energy to post another column, I suspect that I have been this Journals biggest beneficiary. One of the best ways to meditate on any subject is to write… Continue reading

  • A Psalm of Joy

    But some have abandoned the idea of precise translation in favor of interpreting the sense of a particular passage. While attending a Friday night music service at a local Episcopal Church, I came across this marvelous, poetic and entertainingly loose… Continue reading

  • Love & Memory “Away From Her”

    But the reason to see “Away From Her” centers entirely on its ability to move us. Writer-Director Sarah Polley guides us through the story with such grace and honesty that we can only reflect on relationship between love and memory.… Continue reading

  • A Time for Revolution?

    If you receive poor care in a hospital, don’t just write the CEO, schedule an appointment with him or her (unfortunately, it’s still too often a “him.”) If you receive promises for improvements, follow up to see if anything really… Continue reading

  • On Gentleness

    Like others on this journey of becoming, I too know that I can, and often do, move too fast and talk too loudly. And how easily I so eagerly jump into conversations, invited or not! Yet the gentleness of Love… Continue reading

  • A Carrier of Beauty

    I think of Mrs. Johnson almost every time I catch sight of wild flowers sprouting on either side of a concrete or asphalt interstate. I hope you will now think of her too. And I hope that your thoughts will… Continue reading

  • Intimacy

    I was looking for poems about intimacy when it dawned on me. All poems are intimate. The better the poem, the more intimate, the more secrets to be shared. And like intimacy between those who love, the poem is a… Continue reading