Journal of Sacred Work

Reflections, Holidays, Spirituality

Christmas, Light, Hope, Winter Solstice, Memories

  • Days 13-14 – Skin to Skin

    Do we ever outgrow our need for the kind of Love we experienced when our mothers held us close? Continue reading

  • Days 10-12 – The Beauty of Our True Identity

    Our worldly identity arises through our personality and the pathway we take across this earth. Naturally, our quotidian existence shapes who we and others think we are. Continue reading

  • Days 8 & 9 Healing Within

                                                                                                                                                                 Internet image The light of divine love longs to shine through every beingopen your heart and welcome that presenceto rise like the sun within you ~Anon Healing is restorative in nature and the body’s ability to heal is… Continue reading

  • 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