Journal of Sacred Work

Meditations

  • Friday Open Forum

    Friday’s Open Forum Question is: How do you express Love in your work?Click on "Comment" (below) to post your thoughts Continue reading

  • Summer Stardust

    Ever since the days when school released me into summer, I have treasured this time of year. Nature herself, as if tired from spring’s glorious labor, leans back in her easy chair. Flowers sway & sweat in summer’s heat. Trees… Continue reading

  • The Courage of Lovers

    There are so many more forms of courageous exploration than those represented by people like Columbus. It can take as much courage to fully engage with a suffering victim of abuse as it can to climb Mount Everest. And that… Continue reading

  • Groupthink?

    Can we ever overcome the idea that we are all children of God and that no one is a stranger? Some may say that for every story like the one above there are dozens more about heroes and bravery. And… Continue reading

  • Leisure

    In a week that has no doubt been filled with many worries and cares for each of us, I offer to you a poem about leisure. These days, I don’t much like rhyming poems. But this one caught my fancy… Continue reading

  • Angels Among Us

    I saw an angel today. She floated among the elders, white-haired men and women gathered for a time of prayer and singing in a senior citizens center. Continue reading

  • Love vs. Papal Arrogance

    Christianity in general, and Catholicism in particular, are beautiful expressions of faith when practiced with the open arms of Love instead of the closed doors of intolerance. Millions of caregivers practice love under the sign of the cross. But where… Continue reading

  • Our Voices

    The only cure I know for heartache is not reading a list of bromides. It is to do what one wise friend told me recently. “You just keep trudging.” In some moment, perhaps, the mind stops listening to the song… Continue reading

  • Leaving The Comfort Zone

    And that is the challenge to each of us. What part of our unused potential could we mine that would yield gold that would enrich both our lives and the lives of others? And do we have the courage to… Continue reading

  • Lightning Raids on the Status Quo

    But perhaps all of this is the way of the world. We carry out our roles as best we can. And from out of the tension that exists among different types of approaches, we may always hope that Love will… Continue reading