Journal of Sacred Work

Reflections, Holidays, Spirituality

Christmas, Light, Hope, Winter Solstice, Memories

  • Days 6 & 7 – Eyes

       A comedienne joked on television that tests have shown we will fall in love with anyone whose eyes we gaze into silently for four straight minutes. Hopefully, blinking is allowed.     It is funny how nearly impossible it is for adults to look… Continue reading

  • Days 3-5 – “The Shortest Distance in the World”

    So often, we have split ourselves so far away from our dreams that we may not even be able to see what they are, or were. We crush our heart’s best energy by squeezing ourselves into work that seems to… Continue reading

  • Days 1-2 2011 The Distant Laughter of God

    "All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware." ~Martin Buber    On this New Year's Day, I like you, am reflecting on the mystery of the days ahead.   I am thinking about what  to take with me… Continue reading

  • Days 364-365 – Walking Graciously Through Life

    Language binds us – and can drive us apart. Language, through poetry and fine prose, can elevate us to transcendent experiences of beauty. Language between lovers can lift relationships to other-worldly states. Language can help heal the sick. Language can… Continue reading

  • Days 361-363 – Beauty: The Unfilled Gap

    It’s so hard to wait for God when despair lies heavy. It is so difficult to know that on the other side of the unfilled gap lies Beauty. Continue reading

  • Days 359-360 O Holy Night

    "Let us find revelation not solely in the past, nor live only for the future but  rejoice in the present moment where all time is joined together" ~ St. Matthew"s Liturgy Merry Christmas! Love, ~liz Continue reading

  • Days 357-358 – Beauty’s Eve

    "A beautiful thing, though simple in its immediate presence, always gives us a sense of depth below depth, almost an innocent wild vertigo as one falls through its levels." Frederick Turner     I awoke around midnight to the magic sound of… Continue reading

  • Days 354-356 – The Christmas “Leap of Faith”

    Perhaps, we should let go of telling God how big our problem is and, instead, tell the problem how big our God is. Love is larger than any trouble. And Love’s healing is not only our hope in this world,… Continue reading

  • Days 352-353 Moments of Grace

     “Sometimes, when I find myself in the grayness of life, beauty may arise as a startling Grace.” ~Candace Nagle The above words written by Journal contributor Candace Nagle resonate, don't they?  She goes on to say, “It can be in… Continue reading

  • Days 350-351 – The Infection of Perfection

    It is amid the bloody earth of our deepest pain where we discover the stuff of growth and healing. Continue reading