Journal of Sacred Work

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  • Days 271-275 – Your Book of Now

    Some strive to “kill time.” Even in moments of pain why would we ever want to kill the only thing we have? Speed & boredom trample the richness of our moments. Meditation offers a partial solution. The full answer rests… Continue reading

  • Days 269-270 Prayers for Healing

    Great God, who has told us "Vengeance is mine," save us from ourselves, save us from the vengeance in our hearts and the acid in our souls. Save us from our desire to hurt as we have been hurt, to… Continue reading

  • Days 264-268 The Rhythm of the Soul

    One day the legendary dancer Isadora Duncan (1878-1927) said, “…now I would no longer like to dance to anything but the rhythm of my soul.” She understood that it is in our own best rhythms that we find Love’s embrace. Continue reading

  • DAYS 262-263: The Best Kept Secret

    “Death is not an enemy, death lives in paradise. What makes anything precious but that it ends? ” B. J. Miller MD, Hospice and Palliative Care, extraordinary human being.  I had the good fortune to listen to Dr. Miller share… Continue reading

  • Days 257-261 – Serenity From The Saints

    Poems are prayers, fine photographs are meditations & music is a bed on which to rest the tired heart. I classify great artists as saints. Continue reading

  • Days 255-256: Early Morning Offerings

    Submitted by Liz Wessel: Since childhood, I’ve loved the tranquility early morning offers, in quiet moments drawn to God’s peace. Continue reading

  • Days 250-254 – Resting in Awe

    “…everything about the world that seems so drearily predictable is in fact charged with an immense & imponderable mystery.” Continue reading

  • Days: 248-249 Small Things

    Note: This narrative is offered by Liz Sorensen Wesssel She was born in 1919, as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Macedonia. In her eighth year, her father died mysteriously and rumor has it that he was poisoned by political foes.… Continue reading

  • Days 243-247 – The Sacred Pulse

    Amid life’s darker drum beats we can lift up the music of love & thus quicken the sacred pulse of God in our world. Continue reading

  • Days 241-242: Age of Wonder

      ++Note: This reflection is by Liz Sorensen Wessel. A year had passed, too much time since I had a chance to hold, love and be with them. Uncertain plans turned solid as I booked a flight for S. Dakota.… Continue reading