Journal of Sacred Work

Meditations

  • Avoiding Love

    We can be companions to those in pain. Our presence alone brings relief. For loving presence signals to the other that they do not suffer alone. Continue reading

  • Early Autumn

    This autumn will be the last season for many with terminal illness. It will be the last fall for Dr. Pausch, who’s last lecture will live awhile longer on the internet. And it will be the first season for many… Continue reading

  • A Dying Professor’s Last Message – Have Fun!

    Not many of us will have the chance to make a final speech in such circumstances. But, of course, we are all dying. So the question becomes, as Pausch tells us, not how we die but how we are living.… Continue reading

  • Comfort Movies

    Lots of people complain that Americans watch too much television. For me, great movies aren’t “television.” They invite us into a magic land where, for a time, we live for a couple of hours with stars who feel like old… Continue reading

  • Open Forum – Group Relationships

    I’ve been surprised, recently, to rediscover the degree to which our lives are defined by our relationships not to people, but to groups. We start life in the context of family. Soon, we determine who we are in the milieu… Continue reading

  • On Despair

    In what ways are you able to stand in the gap for those you serve? How does Love find its way through your hands and hearts to make the way safe again for those who need us? Be courageous, fellow… Continue reading

  • Which Wolf Do We Feed?

    Yet Love asks nothing of me. Love simply waits, with endless patience, for me to enter her presence where I may, if I am wise, enjoy the peace that is free of need. Continue reading

  • Live Love

    What is meaningful is to turn our everyday attention to the thought and practice of loving behaviors. As we practice Love, we learn that Love is not about congratulating ourselves for being Loving. For Love is its own reward. When… Continue reading

  • Presence Beyond Our Senses

    Amid all of this, Helen Keller, deprived of sight and hearing, calls out to us to understand that the most important truths of life live beyond our senses. We know what she means. She is talking about Love. Continue reading

  • Open Forum – Presence

    The practice which most helps me find presence to everyday life is meditation. What helps you? Continue reading