Journal of Sacred Work

Journal of Sacred Work

  • Who We Truly Are

    We do not become healers.We came as healers. We are.Some of us are still catching up to what we are. We do not become storytellers.We came as carriers of the storieswe and our ancestors actually lived. We are.Some of us… Continue reading

  • Cultivating Gratitude

    I was listening to one of Tara Brach’s podcasts on cultivating gratitude this morning. I would like to share just a few pearls in what I heard. "There is an oft-quoted Taoist saying that every human life contains 10,000 joys… Continue reading

  • One Small Step

    One Small Step is a StoryCorp Program that invites two people who are stangers with differing political views to come togehter for a conversation about their lives not their politics. The beauty of these encounters is that sthe conversations are… Continue reading

  • Changing the Face of the Mountain

    Once upon a time, in a remote, unfriendly village that clung to the side of a mountain, there lived an old woman whose habits seemed strange to her neighbors.  Since the harsh winters kept most villagers huddled near their fireplaces,… Continue reading

  • Blessed Are You

    Blessed are you who see it all now.The terrible, beautiful truth that our world,our lives seem irreparably broken. And you can’t unsee it.The hungry kid. The exhausted mom.The woman who wonders if any of this is worth it.The loneliness and… Continue reading

  • In The Garden of Our Hearts

      Then let the sun come out andfill the sky with rainbows. Let the warmth of the sun heal uswherever we are broken. Let it burn away the fog so thatwe can see each other clearly. So that we can… Continue reading

  • Who Do We Say We Are?

    Who do we say we are?… Who is my neighbor? For Christians, Mathew 25:35 offers this wisdom. 5 "for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a… Continue reading

  • My New Best Friend

    I fondly recall taking my grandchildren to the park when they were young. I especially remember Starling at age four having fun at the playground. On the way home she would excitedly tell me " Grandma I made new best… Continue reading

  • Music to Soothe the Soul

    Music has an extraordinary power to create magical experiences that can make our spirits soar. l had one such experience years ago when I was working as a home health nurse. It was raining heavily and I was driving to… Continue reading

  • For Love of the World

    In a recent post by Erie, he shared  nurse Kathleen Grannan's inspiring call to "share a moment of really listening, really reaching across the divide, please do so…We owe it to our country to try."  In this spirit and in… Continue reading