Journal of Sacred Work

Reflections, Holidays, Spirituality

Christmas, Light, Hope, Winter Solstice, Memories

  • Days 343-344 A Light Shines – A Guest Essay

      [Please note: Today's GUEST ESSAY was submitted by Bobbye R. Terry Executive Director, Odyssey Hospice and represents her views]    One of my favorite verses in the Bible is found in Isaiah 61:1, the beginning verse of The Year… Continue reading

  • Days 336-337 Countless Masks Falling

    I look out into a field of stark, leafless trees wrapped up in a ghostly fog of grey. Their dark limbs silhouette tributaries of black lace, entwined in a colorless sky. How bare and vulnerable without their protective garb, their… Continue reading

  • Days 329-330 Paraprosdokians

    "Paraprosdokians are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently humorous. Winston Churchill loved them." ~Anon   Here are a few paraprosdokians from a distinguished cat named Esmae who dreams… Continue reading

  • Days 324-326 – “When I Was The Forest”

    “The more we seal ourselves off from the earth the more we distance ourselves from life. Love rises from the ground, wraps the trees, massages the oceans, stirs the fires of life and paints our hearts with the only colors… Continue reading

  • Days 322-323 Back Home

    Recently, my son John and I had an opportunity to go visit my mom in Vermont. Nearing her 97th year, mom's hearing has diminished to the point of near deafness, which makes quality conversations more difficult, but not impossible. However,… Continue reading

  • Days 320-321 – The Texture of Sacred Encounters

    “When Love is present, touch is different. Sacred encounters have a texture that only the presence of Love can provide.” – Erie Chapman Continue reading

  • Days 317-319 – Abstraction & Orientation

    “What about the abstract? We can measure the quantity of a drug. Can we measure out Love in milligrams or cubic centimeters? Can we photograph it, put a frame around it, and hang it on the wall?” -Erie Chapman Continue reading

  • Days 315-316 The Only Truth I Know

    "Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams — they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do — they all contain truths." -Muhammad Ali  Trees don't question, they receive water's blessing and simply soak up nourishment into… Continue reading

  • Days 313-314 – Organizing Love

    “Radical Loving Care is the actually the organization of Love. Love’s needs to be structured and disciplined so that it can express itself in the world.” -Erie Chapman Continue reading

  • Days 310-312 – Ordinary Angels

    “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you odd.” – Flannery O’Connor Continue reading