Journal of Sacred Work

Emily Dickinson

  • The Important Path To Grace – Days 339-343

    Grief to Gratitude to a Grace that draws from the deepest well of courage. The refusal to be defeated by pain. The insistence on transcending it to precious, indefinable peace.  Continue reading

  • Days 98-102 Secret Heart of Spring

    Careers can crush nature’s beauty. Before that my childhood springs were vibrant with miracles collected from the backs of petals & the thighs of eucalyptus trees. Today I dug up my notes & found early advice: “One day you will… Continue reading

  • Days 5-6 Hope

    Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul – and sings the tunes without the words and never stops at all. ~Emily Dickinson As we ring in the New Year I am reflecting on the idea of… Continue reading

  • Days 8-12 Morning Light

    Does unwrapping morning’s gift “a ribbon at a time” take too long? Only if we have decided that rushing is more important than living. Continue reading

  • Days 6-7 I’ll Tell You How The Sun Rose by ~Emily Dickinson

    Note: offered by Liz Sorensen Wessel  I’ll Tell You How The Sun Rose ~by Emily Dickinson I'll tell you how the sun rose,–  A ribbon at a time.  The steeples swam in amethyst,  The news like squirrels ran.  The hills… Continue reading

  • Days 290-291 Simple Eloquence

    Note: Reflection offered by Liz Sorensen Wessel Nature is our greatest teacher. She has so much wisdom to reveal about the mysteries of life and of death, of ending and beginnings. The wonders of Mother Earth reflect answers to the… Continue reading

  • Days 279-283 – Always Dreaming

    “We dream – it is good we are dreaming -/ It would hurt us were we awake…” Does Dickinson’s quote reflect how you feel? Was Plato right when he wrote that “All of life is a dream?” Continue reading

  • Days 92-93 Hope

       What gives you hope?   Is it the dawning of a new day or the twilight of stars first twinklings?   A stranger's smile as you glimpse each other's soul in passing or quiet moments of solitude?   What… Continue reading

  • Days 60-64 – After Pain

    By now, you are a veteran of pain….One thing you know for sure. The worst thing to tell a sufferer is that, “Pain is a great teacher.” What we want is compassion not counsel…There is often no cure for our… Continue reading

  • Days 278-279 – Dreaming

    “Dreams can tell us so much. Perhaps, we should listen.” -Erie Chapman Continue reading