Journal of Sacred Work

Journal of Sacred Work

  • Days 153-154 – “A Rainbow in Someone’s Cloud”

    Thank you, Maya   A great soul passed from our world this week yet, her glorious Light holds an eternal flame. Maya Angelou, beloved human being, mother and gracious friend of many. Although celebrated for her good works as a… Continue reading

  • Days 146-148 – The Heart Remembers

    [*Essay by Liz Sorensen Wessel] Take This Hand   On the day when our soldiers took their stand,  leaving behind them their life, their love; a  voice inside said "this is my wish that you defend my shores till peace returns." … Continue reading

  • Days 130-131 Divine Mother

    Icons of Mother Mary adorn the improvised alters in many a home, be it a hearth’s mantle, a bedroom nightstand, or a living room wall. She gathers all the hopefulness of our prayers into her soft being and responds with… Continue reading

  • Days 110-111 Transformation

        "Teach only Love for that is what you are." -A Course in Miracles  Transformation It happens suddenly. There is a Voice That speaks one Word, and everything is changed. You understand an ancient parable That seemed to be obscure.… Continue reading

  • Days 103-104 – Grant Us the Courage and Bless Our Pilgrim Hearts

      A Pilgrim’s Prayer by Sr. Joyce Rupp   God of our life, create in us the heart of a pilgrim. There is a part of us that fights letting go. Do not allow us to become so rooted or… Continue reading

  • Days 81-82 – Returning Home to One’s Soul Place

    Note: This essay is by guest contributer: Anne Milligan; artist musician, singer and a lovely soul. Martha Herrin Hollis is my maternal great-great grandmother from Alabama, which is one of many mysteries unfolding with the ancestry work. Isn't she grand? … Continue reading

  • Days 74-75 – Reminiscing or Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride

     My first car was a Volkswagen bug. I purchased it from a friend “as is” for $30. I was 17 and had just obtained my drivers learning permit. At the time I was living in Vermont, attending high school and working… Continue reading

  • Days 67-68 Divine Spark

    “To be human is to become visible while carrying what is hidden as a gift to others.” -David Whyte You are Divine; a divine spark and as your soul awakened Love breathed you into being. Sometimes internalized messages may overshadow… Continue reading

  • Days 53-54 – Pure & Simple

    Last May, Woody and I befriended Brandi, a yellow lab, who we met at a local animal shelter. We were thrilled to take this gentle, sweet creature home with us. She is showered with affection and there is a natural… Continue reading

  • Days 46-47 -The One Less Traveled

    I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.   –Robert Frost As we… Continue reading