Journal of Sacred Work

Journal of Sacred Work

  • Rooted in Love: Days 231-232

    This is a story that speaks to the power of love, it's reciprocal nature as it ripples out in expansive and unforeseen ways…  Caregivers are sometimes asked, "How can you do this work, caring for people who are sick, suffering… Continue reading

  • You are Perfect as You Are Days 197-198

    Today I offer you a short video reflection called, “You Are Perfect as You Are” by Anna Galon and Green Resistance. It is so worthwile so I hope you will pause long enough to experience this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t2bJA4JMO8 For Further Contemplation:… Continue reading

  • Famous: Days 190-191

    Famous The river is famous to the fish. The loud voice is famous to silence, which knew it would inherit the earth before anybody said so. The cat sleeping on the fence is famous to the birds watching him from… Continue reading

  • Days 177-178 Encouragement

    When someone encourages you, that person helps you over a threshold you might otherwise never have crossed on your own.  There are times of great uncertainty in every life. Left alone at such a time, you feel dishevelment and confusion… Continue reading

  • Days 169-170 Our Father

    “The longer we live/The more of your presence/ We, find laid down, Weave upon weave/Within our lives.” -John O’ Donohue As Father’s Day approaches images surface; weaving's of our fathers lives intertwined with ours; yours and mine, of fathers beloved, of… Continue reading

  • Days 162-163 I’ve Got this Covered!

    If I could talk to myself twenty years ago, I would tell myself to focus on my strengths, and not on my weaknesses; on the things I could do and not the things I couldn’t do; to strive to excel… Continue reading

  • Days 155-156 Sacred Rage

    I’ve heard our nation's gun violence epidemic described as Groundhog Day. Yet, the escalating, massacres that are unfolding every day are not only a repeating but worsening beyond belief.  How do we break the cycle of violence?   David Brooks… Continue reading

  • Days 148-149 A Loving Embrace

    There are times when my heart constricts, when my words fall short…aware that when one suffers, we all suffer… may we come alongside to accompany one another and hold one another in God's loving embrace…   Offered by Liz Sorensen… Continue reading

  • Days: 141-142 I Refuse to Believe…

    An Affirmation of Faith by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  I refuse to believe that we are unable to influence the events which surround us. I refuse to believe that we are so bound to racism and war, that peace,… Continue reading

  • Overflowing in Radiance Days 134-135

    I am discovering the magic in storytelling. When someone shares their story, the essence of their own unique being overflows in a radiance that is beyond description. To share something of themselves, their story, this is where our humanity mingles… Continue reading