Journal of Sacred Work

Erie Chapman Foundation

  • Days 158-159 The Time Is Now

    A time to love and a time to forgive for there is no time to hate  A time to love and the time is now.  A time to end all war… and the warring within. A time for peace and… Continue reading

  • Days 153-157 – Celebrating Others

    The phenomenon challenges countless relationships: We share an achievement with someone & before we finish we know right away: They either do not care or are envious. In fact, when we truly celebrate others we feel better ourselves. Continue reading

  • “I regret to inform you…”

    “His comrades, who never shrank from danger, shed tears over his grave and feel his loss deeply.” It’s not Memorial Day speeches referencing millions that reach our hearts. It is individual stories that can tear tears from our eyes. Continue reading

  • Days 151-152 Journey Without Distance

    Note: Reflection offered by Liz Sorensen Wessel Strolling without a destination, the day’s invitation was to linger without reason or a purpose, other than gratitude. Sitting idle upon the garden wall was a pair of worn leather boots without companion.… Continue reading

  • Days 139-143 – America’s Newest Healing Hospital – Bingham Memorial

    Few hospitals deliver healing as well as curing. Bingham Memorial Hospital has recently become Healing Hospital Certified as a place that offers both. Continue reading

  • Days 137-138 A Mother’s Letter

    Note: Reflection by Liz Sorensen Wessel To my first born son, Lee I remember driving to work each day and carrying you within me and loving that you accompanied me wherever I went. Oh the anticipation and the joy. After… Continue reading

  • Days 132-136 – What lives in Negative Space?

    Every good artist learns that negative space holds the key to positive space. “Empty” areas allow images to breath, notes to sing & caregivers to listen for Love’s voice. Continue reading

  • Days 130-131 Walking in Unity

    Note: Shared by Liz Sorensen Wessel. On April 29th over 200,000 people marched outside the White House to protest the devastating rollbacks of Obama’s Clean Power Plan. All around the country over 370 sister marches unfolded as people walked in… Continue reading

  • Days 123-124 No Where to Go

    Note: Reflection by Liz Sorensen Wessel. Each morning on my drive to work I see the tents along the river bank and I wonder, who are these people and what are their stories? It is startling to see a river… Continue reading

  • Days 115-116 The Soul of a Mountain

    Note: Excerpt from the writing of David Whyte " The World Also Has a Soul."     "The first step to preserving the soul in our individual lives is to admit that the world has a soul also, and is… Continue reading