Journal of Sacred Work

Reflections, Holidays, Spirituality

Christmas, Light, Hope, Winter Solstice, Memories

  • Days 76-77 Purpose

    Note: We are greatly appreciative to Guest Contributor Terry Chapman for offering this heartening reflection. "Effort and courage are not enough without purpose." John Fitzgerald Kennedy Life’s purpose is to live as fully as we are able: to love fully,… Continue reading

  • Days 71-75 – Noon in Eternity – Old Cures for New Pain

    Where attention goes, energy flows. Pain is a petulant child. It thrives on attention. The more we give it the louder it shrieks. Continue reading

  • Days 69-70 We’ve been hoodwinked!

    Our mothers (or your grandma ma) could not wait to try out modern inventions like a washing machine & dryer or dishwasher. Oh, the time it will save! You will be able to kick back, soak up the sun and… Continue reading

  • Days 64-68 – Self Dreams

    God’s protection can feel tenuous when we are nailed to the cross of a hospital bed or suffering torture in prisons where love ends & evil begins. LIfe’s waterfall shines with fire as well as light. The handless clock of… Continue reading

  • Days 57-61 – First Leaf

    The appearance of a Sweet Bay leaf in February is a symbol of a southern joy – early springs.    Below her new green body lifeless remnants of last autumn litter the ivy. Hospitals are homes of both first &… Continue reading

  • Days 55-56 It’s A Sin to Kill A Mockingbird

    Two sticks of gum, a ball of twine, an old school medal, a pocket watch, and two soap carvings of a curious boy and girl. All mysterious treasures left and meant to be found in the knothole of a grand… Continue reading

  • Days 50-54 – The Curse of the Radar Dodgers

    “Radar dodgers are below average employees who seek to save their job by avoiding responsibility & blaming others. Patients want & deserve excellence. Continue reading

  • Days 48-49 Joie de Vivre (Joy of Living)

    My first impression of her was dislike, why? Who can recall after 50+ years but I never would have guessed that Sue and I would become best friends in 4th grade, inseparable; joined at the hip. We spent a great deal… Continue reading

  • Days 43-47 – You Are Enough

    When you accuse yourself of unworthiness you are robbing your own spirit. Time to pay yourself back, to recognize that you are enough. You are, as Rumi writes, “the crescent moon put up/ over the gate to the festival.” Continue reading

  • Days 41-42 Divine Love

        All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well…   for there is a Force of love moving through the universe that holds us fast and will never let us… Continue reading