Journal of Sacred Work

Meditations

  • Mandalas

    For me, the process of creating a mandala is a reflective one, helping me to center, and offering a path to self-discovery. As a spiritual art form, it allows for meaningful expressions of Love that can be shared with fellow… Continue reading

  • Forgiveness & Grace

    But Love gives us all the guidelines we need. Love challenges all of us to celebrate compassion while simultaneously calling us to live responsible lives. If all of us were perfectly good, we would never need the practice of forgiveness.… Continue reading

  • St. Patrick’s Day Mandala

    On Saint Patrick’s Day, reader Liz Wessel has created a mandala to help our celebration. To learn more about mandalas, read her meditation on Monday, March 19.    Continue reading

  • Prayer & Meditation

    The choice to be silent and the discipline of stillness offer the opportunity to change the focus of our attention from the busy and demanding to the inner voice of Love, healing and compassion. Continue reading

  • Things to Think

    New ways of describing things cause us to see in new ways. Old ways of using words trap us on in old ways of thinking. “Awesome” was once a beautiful word. today, it is has been so overused, abused and… Continue reading

  • The Letting Go

    When we do, we will discover that relationships are precious, perhaps the most precious thing there is in life. And that to love another means, when the time comes, a letting go. Continue reading

  • Chocolate Cookies

    I have to admit that eating was a utilitarian event for me prior to my 2 year old son, Luke, entering into the world. What was once an “in and out” activity has now been replaced with extended hand washing… Continue reading

  • Endurance

    When we offer loving presence, we become lanterns lighting the pathway to God’s Love. And a way out for those who are suffering. Continue reading

  • Positivity

    This positive Love is the thing of greatest value. It is imbedded in the resonant music that vibrates through the best relationships we find with each other, whether we are sick or not. This positive and perpetual well spring of… Continue reading

  • Spring?

    Fortunately, flowers aren’t interested in the calendar. They listen to another song. Anxious to enter this world, the daffodils in our garden aren’t waiting for March 21 or the Vernal Equinox. One of them is inching her face out of… Continue reading