Journal of Sacred Work

Anne Milligan

  • The Ballerina Days 127-128

    Note: The following story was written by a former colleague Brian Beichner RN who worked in home health.  At the time, I was teaching an end-of-life class in which I asked caregivers to write about an experience in which they… Continue reading

  • Day 361-362 The Star of Bethlehem

    The Star of Bethlehem Spiritual traditions interpret December as the season the sun arrives late and leaves early. This greater darkness brings with it a sense of our own vulnerability. December 21st is the longest night of the year and… Continue reading

  • 291-292 Honoring Indigenous People and Native Land

    The 2nd Monday in October is celebrated as Indigenous People’s Day  to honor Native American people and to commemorate their histories and cultures. The Great Spirit Prayer Oh, Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the wind, whose breath gives… Continue reading

  • Days 52-53 The Ballerina

    Please Note: This guest essay was written  by my colleague Brian Beichner RN This reflection is my personal advice to the nurse that has to deal with the loss or potential loss of a patient. My advice is simple, talk… Continue reading

  • Day 262: International Day of Peace

    Today, at 12:00 pm people across the globe will pause in silence and in meditation with One Thought uniting us all; peace. Peace within, peace above, peace below and peace all around us. Peace… "International Day of Peace (“Peace Day”)… Continue reading

  • Days 81-82 – Returning Home to One’s Soul Place

    Note: This essay is by guest contributer: Anne Milligan; artist musician, singer and a lovely soul. Martha Herrin Hollis is my maternal great-great grandmother from Alabama, which is one of many mysteries unfolding with the ancestry work. Isn't she grand? … Continue reading

  • Days 32-33 The Brilliance of our BEING

    " The greatest obsession that humanity suffers is of 'that which should be'.  It is a kind of madness. The really healthy person has no concern with that which should be. His whole concern is the immediate, that which is. And… Continue reading

  • Days 326-327 Hannah Wore Her Dancing Shoes

    "The outcome of the world, the gates of the future…these are not thrown open to a few of the privileged nor to one chosen people to the exclusion of all others. They will open only to an advance of all… Continue reading