Journal of Sacred Work

Liz sorensen Wessel

  • Days 77-78 Infinitely More

    Note: offered by Liz Sorensen Wessel “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” Marcel Proust We are immediately disarmed by Finley’s charm and humorous recounting of his mansion metaphor. It feels… Continue reading

  • Days 70-71 One Heart

    Note: shared by Liz Sorensen Wessel “For you must realize that earth unfolds its properties and powers in union with Heaven aloft above us, and there is one Heart, one Being, one Will, one God, all in all.” -German mystic,… Continue reading

  • Days 63-64 Let Every Ordinary

    Note:shared by Liz Sorensen Wessel: The Lenten season is observed by many Christians as a time of fasting and abstinence.  I used to give  something up for Lent as a symbol of my willingness to atone. However, in this latter part… Continue reading

  • Days 55-56 The Descent Home

    Note: Shared by Liz Wessel This is a beautiful dream offered by James Finley (via Richard Rohr, The Center for Action and Contemplation)  Imagine that you have a dream in which you are climbing a high mountain. The valley below… Continue reading

  • Days 35-36 The Beauty of Your Soul

    Shared by Liz Wessel: "FRIENDSHIP is a mirror to presence and a testament to forgiveness.” “Friendship not only helps us see ourselves through another’s eyes, but can be sustained over the years only with someone who has repeatedly forgiven us for… Continue reading

  • Days 14-15 We Are The Ones

    Note: Reflection by Liz Sorensen Wessel The recent election has magnified a great chasm that seems to separate us one from another. Collectively as well as individually we bear witness to the best and the worst in ourselves. We live… Continue reading

  • Days 7-8 Threshold

    Note: shared by Liz Sorensen Wessel   Sacred Mystery, waiting on the threshold  of this new year, you open the gates and beckon to me. "Come! Come! Be not fearful of what awaits you as you enter the unknown terrain,… Continue reading

  • Days 365 -1 “Light through a Gap”

    Note: Written by Liz Sorensen Wessel Light through a Gap Light comes through a gap in the curtains:The promise of morning.Light comes through the flaws of our lives:The promise of love. ~ -Modern Prayer from Berlin, Germany We humans are… Continue reading

  • Days 358-359 Blessings of Christmas

    Note: This Christmas Greeting is from Liz Sorensen Wessel May the love that breathes life into all of humanity Be born in us this Christmas season. May the love that brings forth all of creation, Be born in us this… Continue reading

  • Days 351-352: She Shelters

    Note:  Shared by Liz Sorensen Wessel  Advent Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke In the winter forest the wind drives the flock of snowflakes like a shepherd, And a fir tree senses how soon she will be blessed with candle-light, and… Continue reading