Reflections, Holidays, Spirituality
Christmas, Light, Hope, Winter Solstice, Memories
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Days 179-180 Widening Circles
"I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world. I may not complete this last one but I give myself to it. " — Rainer Maria Rilke Note: This reflection is my response to an audio… Continue reading
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Days 174-178 – Words of Marriage
“we seek the sacred companionship of one with whom we can live ‘together wing to wing and oar to oar.'” Continue reading
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Days 172-173 Acceptance
Love sorrow. She is yours now, and you must take care of what has been given. Brush her hair, help her into her little coat, hold her hand, especially when crossing a street. For, think, what if you should lose… Continue reading
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Days 167-171 – “Round” Energy
“Energy whose edges are rounded is the kind that nurtures loving relationships.” – Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 165-166 When Everything Else is Gone . . . Love Just Is
Note: Special thanks to guest contributor Cheri Cancelliere C. S. Lewis observed that if you ask 20 good people to name the highest virtue, 19 of them will say “unselfishness.” Yet, he felt quite certain that if the same question… Continue reading
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Days 160-164 Finding Yourself?
“True maturity keeps counsel with both the adult and child self. Ignore either one and you will feel the loss-of-self anxiety that plagues our shared journey on this earth.” -Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 158-159 The Conversation Project
“Everyone has got to die, but I always thought an exception would be made in my case." Author, William Saroyan, on his deathbed. The majority of us are not comfortable having conversations about the prospect of end of life. Why… Continue reading
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Days 156-157 – Journal’s Seventh Anniversary.
The Journal of Sacred Work was launched June 7, 2006. Since then, more than fourteen hundred essays have been posted. In seven years about 300,000 visitors have viewed the site. Thousands have posted comments. When I looked back… Continue reading
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Days 151-152 The Greatest Gift
Morning holds a special dignity of her own. Awakening in the quiet sanctity of her arms, listen as life begins to stir. In his book, “Eternal Echoes” John O’Donouhue encourages us to greet each day in the ancient tradition of… Continue reading
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