Journal of Sacred Work

Meditations

  • Spiritual Work?

    Today is another opportunity to practice the message of Love. Spiritual living calls to the best in us. It is a moment-by-moment opportunity engage our gifts on behalf of others in need – whether they be patients, or our fellow… Continue reading

  • Celebration!

    In a world where war is always occurring in one place or another, we may know that the voices of Love are always quiet. The voices of strife and hatred are always loud. How does Love’s voice win our attention… Continue reading

  • Polishing the Heart

    Monastic life for these nuns is austere and difficult. They live an extremely disciplined life that includes a constant state of sleep deprivation, a meager diet (especially by standards here in the United States), exposure to the extremes of weather… Continue reading

  • Spring’s Breath

    Solitary as caregiving can often feel, no caregiver acts in a vacuum. When we are doing our best work caring for others, we are living an energy beyond our own. It is Love’s energy, the energy that powers everything good… Continue reading

  • Dinner Table Wisdom

    Around the dinner table, or in the intimacy of the kitchen, we have the chance to share life experiences with those who we love, and who love us. In this way, we learn “the stuff that helps us live a… Continue reading

  • The Cruelest Month?

    Today, lilacs will bloom, rivers will break free of winter’s claw, mothers will give birth. And in certain, special pockets of refuge, loving caregivers will offer Love’s sanctuary to those who have been unlucky enough to land in environments poisoned… Continue reading

  • Communion

    We live our lives in communion. And then we go about our week. It is a day and a week during which we may remember this day two millennia ago, the final week of Christ earthly life. We can forget… Continue reading

  • Thoughts About Humility

    Dr. Diering mirrors the messages of the Radical Loving Care movement when he suggests “humility is one of the virtues that define love in the healthcare setting.” It is easier to be purveyors of healing when we meet others where… Continue reading

  • Seeing the Unseen

    What treasures are out there for you to grasp on your way from here to there? Paying attention to our surroundings and imagining what is happening, are practices of presence. They pave the way for our souls to be open… Continue reading

  • The Peace of Wild Things

    “Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. In the boredom and the pain of it no less than the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of… Continue reading