Journal of Sacred Work

Journal of Sacred Work

  • Days 142-148 An Unstoppable Force: Part Two

    Note: This is a continuation of a story about Lual Mayen that was published on the JSW on May 15th On one of Lual’s daily trips to the Internet Café, a friend introduced him to video games.  Typical of video… Continue reading

  • Days 135-136 An Unstoppable Force

    Note: This is part one of a two-part story Can you imagine what it is like to be a refugee fleeing from violence, war, poverty and hunger as you and your family search desperately for a safe place to sleep,… Continue reading

  • Days 128-129 Love

    Mother’s Day Blessing Continue reading

  • Days 121-122 Share The Love In Your Heart

    "Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation as any painter’s or sculptor’s work; for what is the having to do with dead canvas or dead… Continue reading

  • Days 114-115 Everything is Holy Ground

      “Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” Chief Seattle Earth Day, 4/22/2021 and… Continue reading

  • Days 107-108 Caregiver Renewal

    Note: Guest reflection by the high spirited and kind-hearted Terry Chapman! Now that we see light ahead of us in this tunneling virus, and feel somewhat better about our collective futures–what next?  How can we focus on positive, productive life… Continue reading

  • Days 100-101 What Can I Offer?

    As I reflected on this question, what can I offer? I thought about Easter, new life, transformation… National Poetry month…. Earth Day is in April… I thought about care of creation… I thought about springtime… and all these ideas pointed… Continue reading

  • Days 92-93 Beginning to Sing

      Let's not get swept away and lose sight of sweet delights. Spring is here. Mother Earth is giving birth to Iris, Buttercup, Rose and Jasmine. Are we going to visit these little bundles of joy? These exquisite miracles of… Continue reading

  • Days 86-87 In Your Hands

      As the seasons change from Winter to Spring, earth is full of beautiful reminders of a movement from darkness to light and of new pathways for being in this world. After a year of responding, serving and walking through… Continue reading

  • Days 79-80 The Land of a Thousand Welcomes

    In honor of St Patrick’s Day, I thought I would share a snippet from my family history. My maternal grandmother, Kate was born in Ireland and she set sail for America, by herself when she was just seventeen. She worked… Continue reading