David Whyte
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Made to Belong
“We are made to belong.”- David Whyte Whyte’s quote (above) stars in the movie plot of our lives. Scene: California’s Warner Avenue Public School. Time: Recess. Autumn, 1954 “Wanna go out and play?” I asked my 6th grade friend Steve… Continue reading
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Our Geography – Days 25-27
Can caregivers accustomed to healing broken bodies find greater beauty in the brilliant geography of their own and all others? Continue reading
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Can We Go Home Again? Days 318-322
“Memory is not just a then, recalled in a now, the past is never just the past…memory is…a then continually becoming other thens…creating a continual but almost untouchable now.” – David Whyte Continue reading
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Riverside Memories for ALL Caregivers – Days 206-210
Memory matters. It informs culture & the leaders who shape it. But no patient entering the ER ever asks, “Have you got enough executives here?” Continue reading
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The Less Romantic Body
Art presides at the marriage of mortality to heaven by baptizing the soul of the body romantic. Continue reading
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Days 59-63 Tedious Ambition vs. Ambition to Serve
Love teaches that “…a true vocation calls us out beyond ourselves…” Continue reading
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Days 289-291 – Riverside, 1983: Days of Success, Suicide & Murder, Part II
What happened when Riverside Methodist Hospital was struck with multiple crises in a single year including suicides, murders & a hostage crisis Continue reading
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Days 287-289 “The Fierce Heat of Living” Part I
At thirty-nine, the future was my friend. The incredible triumphs & startling tragedies (including murders, suicides & a hostage taking) of the next years were beyond anyone’s imagining. Continue reading
Journal of Sacred Work 