Journal of Sacred Work

Reflections, Holidays, Spirituality

Christmas, Light, Hope, Winter Solstice, Memories

  • Days 128-129 Love

    Mother’s Day Blessing Continue reading

  • Days 121-122 Share The Love In Your Heart

    "Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation as any painter’s or sculptor’s work; for what is the having to do with dead canvas or dead… Continue reading

  • Days 114-115 Everything is Holy Ground

      “Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” Chief Seattle Earth Day, 4/22/2021 and… Continue reading

  • Days 107-108 Caregiver Renewal

    Note: Guest reflection by the high spirited and kind-hearted Terry Chapman! Now that we see light ahead of us in this tunneling virus, and feel somewhat better about our collective futures–what next?  How can we focus on positive, productive life… Continue reading

  • Days 100-101 What Can I Offer?

    As I reflected on this question, what can I offer? I thought about Easter, new life, transformation… National Poetry month…. Earth Day is in April… I thought about care of creation… I thought about springtime… and all these ideas pointed… Continue reading

  • Days 92-93 Beginning to Sing

      Let's not get swept away and lose sight of sweet delights. Spring is here. Mother Earth is giving birth to Iris, Buttercup, Rose and Jasmine. Are we going to visit these little bundles of joy? These exquisite miracles of… Continue reading

  • Days 86-87 In Your Hands

      As the seasons change from Winter to Spring, earth is full of beautiful reminders of a movement from darkness to light and of new pathways for being in this world. After a year of responding, serving and walking through… Continue reading

  • Days 79-80 The Land of a Thousand Welcomes

    In honor of St Patrick’s Day, I thought I would share a snippet from my family history. My maternal grandmother, Kate was born in Ireland and she set sail for America, by herself when she was just seventeen. She worked… Continue reading

  • Day 78 – Fine Art Friday: “…a [spring] sea of miracles” – Poetry from James Lee Worrell

    We humans act similarly to adapt to culture. Yet, we see the world in such different ways. The more sensitive the being, the richer the view. Today, James Lee Worrell shares a poem. Continue reading

  • Days 72-73 For this is Love

      May we affirm the people in our lives who manifest Light in their own unique and irreplaceable way. Whether or not we are in health care, each time we offer a gesture with a Loving Intention we are caregivers… Continue reading