Journal of Sacred Work

Erie Chapman Foundation

  • Days 27-28 Nature’s Light

    Note: This reflection is by guest contributor, Terry Chapman As I stepped carefully down a steep bank, beside a huge old Oak tree, into the cold waters of the Swift River in western MA, one fine summer day years ago,… Continue reading

  • Days 22-26 – To Savor – The Only Path to Gratitude

    A hyperactive child I remain a hyperactive adult. Hyperactivity interferes with gratitude. There is one path to gratitude: Learning to savor. We can only “now-live” if we slow down by savoring. Continue reading

  • Days 15-19 “One foot in front of the other”

    She has put “one foot in front of the other” more times than anyone I know. The elegance & grace with which she has done that has kept many shadows at bay – for others whose lives she has illuminated… Continue reading

  • Days 13-14 Keep Turning

    Shared by Liz Sorensen Wessel How the Stars Get In Your Bones ~by Jan Richardson Sapphire, diamond, emerald, quartz: think of every hard thing that carries its own brilliance, shining with the luster that comes only from uncountable ages in… 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

  • Day 365- Day 4 – Have a JOYFUL New Year

    Happy is nice but joyful is better. Happiness is a bouncing ball that can sail out of bounds. Joy can endure. It is the light that does not go out when storms blow in. Happiness is fed by events without. Joy… Continue reading

  • Days 364-365 “Ring In…”

    Shared by Liz Sorensen Wessel. Something so whimsical & light of heart as this little angel who perches within the freshness of an evergreen. Even more extraordinary is the tradition of a living tree standing majestically in our living rooms adorned… Continue reading

  • Days 359-363 – Congratulations, You are Rich

    It is the best gift you can receive & the hardest to accept. It is the gift of gratitude – from you to yourself. Breathe in the light that flows from every kind thing you have done. As you celebrate… Continue reading

  • Days 357-358 Love Is

    Offered by Liz Sorensen Wessel "God bless us everyone!" (Tiny Tim, The Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens) With Love and gratitude, From Liz Sorensen Wessel Merry Christmas! Drawing by ~liz     Continue reading