Journal of Sacred Work

Reflections, Holidays, Spirituality

Christmas, Light, Hope, Winter Solstice, Memories

  • Day 183 – Beholding

       I encountered them in the store. Three ordinary vegetables who looked anything but ordinary to my beholding eyes and close touch. Beholding. It’s an elegant and noble sounding word. Beholding the rapture brings the weight of the religious since… Continue reading

  • Day 178 – Peace and all good

    Today’s meditation was written by Cathy Self, Senior Vice-President for the Baptist Healing Trust.      The words of St. Francis of Assisi hang as a touchpad at my door’s entrance: pax et buonum – peace and all good. These… Continue reading

  • Day 148 – The Humanity in PTSD

    Doctors, chaplains and ethicists have begun to publicly recognize the Love in humanity that lives in soldiers suffering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Continue reading

  • Day 147 – Remembering Maria

    Maria is the kind of caregiver we all want to remember on this Memorial Day. Her life can serve to represent, for all of us, the lives of every caregiver ever killed seeking to heal others in the midst of… Continue reading

  • Day 72 – Love’s Calling to Leaders

    Today’s meditation is written by Cathy Self, Senior Vice-President for the Baptist Healing Trust. Why is this work so hard? We hold a high standard and some days I, too, wonder if the standard is too high? Is it really… Continue reading

  • Day 44 – Healing Hospital CEO of the Year

    It’s an honor to be able to recognize Dr. George Mikitarian, President & CEO of Parrish Medical Center, as our first Healing Hospital CEO of the Year for 2007. Continue reading

  • Day 43 – Top Ten Healing Hospitals – 2007 List

    Where do you find Radical Loving Care of the kind we write about regularly in the Journal? The staff of the Baptist Healing Trust is pleased to announce ten health care organizations that have been named to our Healing Hospital… Continue reading

  • Days 35 & 36 – The Heart’s Affections

    When you hear a Keats’ quote lfrom a physician, you know you have encountered a caregiver with a true Servant’s Heart. Whenever I visit Dr. Keith Hagan, whether as his patient, as a friend, or as a fellow board member,… Continue reading

  • Healing Hospital List 2006

    The staff of the Baptist Healing Trust is pleased to announce the list of hospitals which have qualified as Healing Hospitals for 2006. These organizations have developed cultures of Radical Loving Care characterized by an exceptional focus on caring for… Continue reading

  • Victory in Titusville!

    Parrish Medical Center doesn’t claim to be the Mayo Clinic. But they are steadily establishing a reputation for the “Parrish Way” of doing things. And the Parrish Way means that they are committed to “healing moments all the time.” Continue reading