Journal of Sacred Work

Liz sorensen Wessel

  • Days 330-331 Hope

    Note: shared by Liz Sorensen Wessel     "Hope is a communal virtue. Now is the time to be community for each other  - to help carry burdens, to share, to offer hope, to trust, to love one another."  … Continue reading

  • Days 323-324 Trusting In Our Effort

    Do you ever feel that you are not up to the task? Often I am at a loss for what I might journal here, so I tend to choose something in the midst of my experience… meaningful in the present.… Continue reading

  • Days 317-318: May You Always Be…

    "Let sorrow be the door to an open heart."  Jennifer Berezen Some of us grieve, others rejoice. Through what lens do you look upon our world? Through a lens of separateness and fear or through the lens of love? I… Continue reading

  • Days 310-311: Your Infinite Source

    Note from Liz Wessel: This reflection is dedicated to my colleagues who I have had the privilege to serve alongside; with gratitude for the love you have woven into the hearts and souls of the many lives you have touched. Thank you… Continue reading

  • Days 316-317 Your Gifts

    Note: This reflection is offered by Liz Sorensen Wessel to celebrate Erie Chapman; a man with a brilliant mind, sensitive heart & creative spirit. What better way to honor the Beauty of his soul than to share a few of… Continue reading

  • Days 308-309 An All Inclusive Love

    Note: This reflection is offered by Liz Sorensen Wessel Metaphors enable us to express divine ineffable truths. The mystery of the Holy Trinity is a Christian understanding of God. One that invites us into a relational experience of love.  Richard… Continue reading

  • Days 301- 302 Autumn

     Note: Shared by Liz Sorensen Wessel Autumn The leaves are falling, falling as if from far up, as if orchards were dying high in space. Each leaf falls as if it were motioning "no." And tonight the heavy earth is… Continue reading

  • Days 294-295 An Essential Truth

    “If your only goal is to love, there is no such thing as failure…” St. Francis of Assisi According to the Franciscan priest Richard Rohr, Saint Francis offered an alternative way of life that recognized God’s presence in our midst… Continue reading

  • Days 269-270 Prayers for Healing

    Great God, who has told us "Vengeance is mine," save us from ourselves, save us from the vengeance in our hearts and the acid in our souls. Save us from our desire to hurt as we have been hurt, to… Continue reading

  • DAYS 262-263: The Best Kept Secret

    “Death is not an enemy, death lives in paradise. What makes anything precious but that it ends? ” B. J. Miller MD, Hospice and Palliative Care, extraordinary human being.  I had the good fortune to listen to Dr. Miller share… Continue reading