Journal of Sacred Work

Frederick Buechner

  • The Seeds You Plant Days 246-247

      " Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson Here are seven good things about work to think about and celebrate over Labor Day weekend: Work is an expression… Continue reading

  • Days 320-321 Little Glimmers

      A woman with a scarf over her head hoists her six year old up onto the first step of the school bus. “Good-bye,” she says. A father on the phone with his freshman son has just finished bawling him… Continue reading

  • Days 246-249 – Our Choice to Awaken

    The world fragments us. Continue reading

  • Day 78 – Glimmers

    Ultimately, visual art, whether as painting, silhouettes, photographs or movies, is about perception. How do we, as caregivers, see each other and our patients? Have we trained our hearts to see the rich layers that exist within each person we… Continue reading