Journal of Sacred Work

Reflections, Holidays, Spirituality

Christmas, Light, Hope, Winter Solstice, Memories

  • Days 122-126 – Mom’s Ticket to Heaven – in Four Words

    She is not saying she has a ticket, of course. Humble people never make such claims. But she may know how you could acquire yours. She offered her four-word counsel back at her 103rd birthday. “What is your best advice to… Continue reading

  • Days 120-121 Full Circle

    “Your heart and my heart are very, very old friends.” -Hafiz What is life, if not our friendships & our relationships with one another? Life comes full circle. As a child our hearts are naturally open & trusting. Little woundings cause… Continue reading

  • Days 113-114 Be Here Now

     I was regretting the past  And fearing the future.  Suddenly my Lord was speaking: “My name is I Am.” He paused.  I waited. He continued, When you live in the past  With its mistakes and regrets,  It is hard. I… Continue reading

  • Days 108-112 – The Feminine Soul

     Committed relationships carry the lead of pain as well as the gold of joy. If the soul-symbol for a man is the image of woman than what is the woman’s soul-symbol? Continue reading

  • Days 106-107 DREAM FISHING!

    Note: A Very special thank you to this week-end's guest contributor: Terry Chapman Fishing is a metaphor for life and my life is transformed toward wholeness in Nature. But when I can’t fish, I can still go dream fishing! Of course,… Continue reading

  • Days 99-100 Mulligan Stew

    Mulligan stew… according to Wikipedia, Mulligan stew is simply an Irish stew made of potatoes, vegetables, meat or whatever can be scavenged, begged, borrowed or stolen if need be. During the great depression, homeless men often referred to as hobos,… Continue reading

  • Days 94-98 – What We Don’t Know We Know

    Since he is six months old he cannot “know” that the little girl is his big sister, that the woman taking the picture is his mother & that his mother has cancer (we seek prayers.) And yet he DOES seem… Continue reading

  • Days 90-91 Within the Shelter of Great Belonging

      Prayer All-powerful God,  You are present in the whole Universe and in the smallest of your creatures. You embrace with your tenderness all that exists. Pour out upon us the power of your love, that we may protect life and beauty. Fill us… Continue reading

  • Days 85-89 – The World’s Most Harmful Word

      Could a dose of positivity be as helpful as 5mg of Valium for a patient or 100mg of caffeine for a caregiver? Skeptics should consider the new scientific evidence.Yes & No are ways of thinking. It takes five doses of… Continue reading

  • Days 83-84 Where God Dwells

      "Prayer is the bridge between our conscious and unconscious lives.  Often there is a large abyss between our thoughts, words, and actions, and the many images that emerge in our daydreams and night dreams.To pray is to connect these… Continue reading