Journal of Sacred Work

Reflections, Holidays, Spirituality

Christmas, Light, Hope, Winter Solstice, Memories

  • Days 144-145 May You…

    Note: Reflection shared by Liz Sorensen Wessel “To care is to enter into the experience of someone whose life is invaded by suffering and powerlessness, and to recognize not only their need for the care we can give but for… Continue reading

  • Days 137-138 A Mother’s Letter

    Note: Reflection by Liz Sorensen Wessel To my first born son, Lee I remember driving to work each day and carrying you within me and loving that you accompanied me wherever I went. Oh the anticipation and the joy. After… Continue reading

  • Days 132-136 – What lives in Negative Space?

    Every good artist learns that negative space holds the key to positive space. “Empty” areas allow images to breath, notes to sing & caregivers to listen for Love’s voice. Continue reading

  • Days 130-131 Walking in Unity

    Note: Shared by Liz Sorensen Wessel. On April 29th over 200,000 people marched outside the White House to protest the devastating rollbacks of Obama’s Clean Power Plan. All around the country over 370 sister marches unfolded as people walked in… Continue reading

  • Days 125-129 – Courage

    “Courage is the measure of our heartfelt participation with life,” Whyte writes. But it is always easier to hide. Courage is a choice. The only way to live fully is to choose it. Continue reading

  • Days 123-124 No Where to Go

    Note: Reflection by Liz Sorensen Wessel. Each morning on my drive to work I see the tents along the river bank and I wonder, who are these people and what are their stories? It is startling to see a river… Continue reading

  • Days 117-122 – 11 Truths About Imagination

    “I am certain of nothing but the Holiness of the heart’s affections and the truth of Imagination,” Keats wrote. Imagination breathes youth & vitality into our lives – if only we will let it. Continue reading

  • Days 115-116 The Soul of a Mountain

    Note: Excerpt from the writing of David Whyte " The World Also Has a Soul."     "The first step to preserving the soul in our individual lives is to admit that the world has a soul also, and is… Continue reading

  • Days 109-114 – Between Easters: Love & The Harrowing of Hell

    Earth’s hells are the asylums of the sick & wounded. Caregivers descend there each day to rescue us from our suffering. Continue reading

  • Days 107-108 Easter Blessing

      By the late John O' Donohue  “On this Easter, let us look again at the lives we have been so generously given and let us let fall away the useless baggage that we carry – old pains, old habits,… Continue reading