Journal of Sacred Work

Reflections, Holidays, Spirituality

Christmas, Light, Hope, Winter Solstice, Memories

  • Days 303: A Reflection on Time

    A Reflection on Time A man of extraordinary talents, Erie Chapman is a composer, artist, filmmaker, lover of Beauty, author, attorney, health care leader and visionary. I wish to dedicate this reflection to Reverend Erie Chapman during this Pastoral Week  in… Continue reading

  • Days 301-305 – “Tell of the storm-tossed man…”

    Tennyson put the right words into Ulysses’s mouth: “Come now, friends, ’tis not too late to seek a newer world.”  Time to further engage hard-won learning to craft meaning that transforms the status quo. Something that enriches beauty, light & love… Continue reading

  • Days 299-300 1914

    I grew up in the house my dad was raised in. Story told, he was an only child and was born prematurely. A baby weighing a mere 3 lbs., he was so tiny that his mother carried him on a… Continue reading

  • Days 294-298 – The Caregivers Magic Wand

    If you smile when you look at this four-year old than her wand has worked! It brought you a moment of magic! A caregiver’s loving acts can also be magic & can heal more effectively than drugs or surgery. A… Continue reading

  • Days 292-293 Vermont Twilight

    Twilight is an enchanting space of neither day or night but an in between space of light and darkness. She offers us an invitation to pause as sun disappears behind the curvature of mountain's strength. Especially lovely, is how light… Continue reading

  • Days 287 – Are We Gifts from God?

    As a child of God you are also a gift from God to the world. How have you unwrapped that gift & given the contents to others? How will you do that today in ways that will change both you… Continue reading

  • Days 282-286 – Your Truest Voice

     Frank Sinatra, Jr. (a classmate in the early 1950s) so successfully mimicked his dad’s voice that he never found his own. So many of our truths are drowned because we are afraid to speak them. The greatest value of an… Continue reading

  • Days 275-279 – Impressions

    The early impressionist painters taught us to see differently. Impressionism can also teach caregivers that every patient offers a surface impression hiding countless layers of humanity. Healing is a vast abstract painting. Learning its secrets requires deep devotion. Continue reading

  • Days 273-274 Turning People Into Trees

    When you go out into the woods and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are bent, and some of them are straight, and some of them are evergreens, and some of them… Continue reading

  • Days 266-267 In the Thick of Things

    Spiritual awakening is frequently described as a journey to the top of a mountain. We leave our attachments and our worldliness behind and slowly make our way to the top. At the peak we have transcended all pain.  The only… Continue reading