Journal of Sacred Work
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Days 36-37 Grief is Love
Good morning, friends near and far, As we navigate through the unrelenting challenges of this global pandemic and the impact on individuals, families, communities and countries. there is greater awareness of our interdependence and the need to help each other… Continue reading
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Days 29-30 Deepest Thanks to Caregivers
In this fragile frontier-place, your kindnessBecomes the light that consoles the broken-hearted,Awakens within desperate stormsThat oasis of serenity that callsThe spirit to rise from beneath the weight of pain,To create a new space in the person’s mindWhere they gain distance… Continue reading
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Days 15-16 A Cup of Loving Kindness
God is love. Various Faith traditions hold distinct beliefs and images for God, but one unifying source is an all-inclusive love, an expansive circle that includes all that lives. God is a mystery and beyond our ability to ever fully… Continue reading
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Days 352-365 Come.. Peace…
Excerpt from the beautiful poem Amazing Peace by Maya Angelou We beckon this good season to wait a while with us.We, Baptist and Buddhist, Methodist and Muslim, say come.Peace.Come and fill us and our world with your majesty.We, the Jew… Continue reading
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Days 345-346 Softening to Life
As Christmas draws near, we can prepare our hearts to celebrate the birth of Christ, of Love in our midst. As a people of various cultures, faiths and family traditions, we enjoy partaking in the holiday festivities. No one can… Continue reading
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Days 338-339 A Constancy of Purpose
“Skin had hope, that's what skin does. Heals over the scarred place, makes a road.” ~ Naomi Shihab Nye (from 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East.) I write to you in the early hours of the morning.… Continue reading
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Days 331-332 The Best Times
When we gather together with friends and family the best times are when the stories start flowing. Remembrances of times shared, daring adventures, unfathomable risks in youth that we lived to tell about, the good and crazy times, as laughter… Continue reading
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Days 285-286 Living In The Shadow of Death
Nature has so much to teach us about life. The changing of the seasons, the turning of leaves, shorter days and longer nights. Autumn especially reminds us of life's ever-changing movements. The ebb and flow and the beautiful continuity of… Continue reading
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Days 281-282 On The Other Side of The Window
"I've decided to quit believing in death…" people will deny anything these days so, I have decided to join the practice of dismissing things that we’ve been told are true I have decided to quit believing in death ~… Continue reading
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Days 274-275 In Waterfalls of Tenderness
Father, Mother, God, Thank you for your presence during the hard and mean days. For then we have you to lean upon. Thank you for your presence during the bright and sunny days, for then we can share that which… Continue reading
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