Journal of Sacred Work
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Days 297-298 “Enter the Struggle”
Note: Reflection offered by Liz Sorensen Wessel Enter the Struggle …we are challenged to pour ourselves into the human endeavor… Knowing full well that it is the struggles and how… Continue reading
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Days 290-291 Simple Eloquence
Note: Reflection offered by Liz Sorensen Wessel Nature is our greatest teacher. She has so much wisdom to reveal about the mysteries of life and of death, of ending and beginnings. The wonders of Mother Earth reflect answers to the… Continue reading
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Days 284-284 Love is What Carries Us
Note: Reflection offered by Liz Sorensen Wessel Blessing When the World is Ending Look, the worldis always endingsomewhere. Somewherethe sun has comecrashing down. Somewhereit has gonecompletely dark. Somewhereit has endedwith the gun,the knife,the fist. Somewhereit has endedwith the slammed door,the… Continue reading
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Days 277-278 Sometimes
“That afternoon the whole world seemed to devote itself to being perfect and radiantly beautiful and kind to one boy.” Frances Hodgson Burnett Note: shared by Liz Sorensen Wessel At P.S. 68 elementary in the Bronx, New York the bookmobile… Continue reading
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Days 270-271 Prayers For Peace
Shared by Liz Wessel “The International Day of Peace is a day on which we try to imagine a world quite different from the one we know. We try to picture those who wage war laying down their arms and… Continue reading
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Days 263-264 “The Fire in Your Heart”
Note: Reflection shared by Liz Sorensen Wessel By Breath By breath, by blood, by body, by spirit, we are all one The air that is my breath is the air that you are breathing And the air that is your… Continue reading
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Days 256-257 In Its Gentle Light
There is a light in you which cannot die; whose presence is so holy that the world is sanctified because of you. All things that live bring gifts to you, and offer them in gratitude and gladness at your feet.… Continue reading
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Days 249-250 Welcoming the Wounded One
Note: Reflection offered by Liz Sorensen Wessel. Father Richard Rohr describes the first half of life as a time for building our identity, following career pursuits, gaining confidence in our skillfulness, accomplishing and striving for success, which are developmental steps… Continue reading
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Days 235-236 Behind The Curtain
“The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” was a bigger than life story during the days of my childhood. Dorothy was lost and wanted to find home again. Her companions were all looking for something precious that was seemingly lost or… Continue reading