Journal of Sacred Work

Meditations

  • Day 11 – Begin Again – Thoughts on Personal Commitment to Love

    I understand personal commitment to be a quality of voluntarily fulfilling, an obligation. An obligation seems to be generally regarded as something that is legally or morally compelling. What makes personal commitment “personal” is the voluntary aspect. Continue reading

  • Day 10 – Trusting Love

    She’s one of the most admired charity leaders in Tennessee and I’ve referred to her often – partly because she has a way of speaking in quotable phrases. So I listened carefully after I asked Rev. Becca Stevens (left) founder… Continue reading

  • Day 9 – Preparing for Commitment – Continued

    Whether our lives are suffused with bitterness, hate and apathy or flooded with compassion and Love, these things will be revealed in our lives and who we are. Even those who are skillful at hiding their hate will always disclose… Continue reading

  • Day 8 – Preparing Ourselves for Change

    Most of us just “dabble” in the inward journey. We travel a few inches into the difficult territory of the soul, then turn and retreat when the going gets tough. Perhaps this is the reason we’re so attracted to surface… Continue reading

  • Day 7 – Living Loving Relationships Through Sacred Encounters

    Radical Loving Care is centered in relationships. The Sacred Encounter is, itself, a concept of engaging Love’s power to transform an ordinary encounter into a sacred one. As I wrote above, to accomplish a Sacred Encounter, we must be open… Continue reading

  • Day 6 – Caring Circles

    On Friday, five of us gathered in the Serenity Room at work for a “meditation break” The energy level of our group was high resulting in spontaneous conversation and laughter that needed release before we could settle down into stillness. Continue reading

  • Day 5 – Living Love

    [The following post was composed by Cathy Self, Sr. V.P. of the Trust] There are [also] many things that lie hidden in my conscience which are known and manifest to God, even though they may be unknown and obscure to… Continue reading

  • Day 4 – Love: What’s In It For You?

    Why would I want to engage in an activity that involves the disappearance of my ego? After all, isn’t my ego who I am? These are soul-shaking questions. The most encouraging answers come not so much from the famous as… Continue reading

  • Living Love – How are you doing? – Day 3

    When we live Love, not fear, we always succeed Continue reading

  • A New Journal – Days 1 & 2

    Off the top of my head, I can’t recall a single New Year’s resolution I’ve kept for twelve straight months. This may be true, in part, because I’m not a big fan of such resolutions and I’m very bad at… Continue reading