Liz sorensen Wessel

  • Days 30-31 A Magnum Opus

    What draws a man into an obsession or rather a love affair with sculpting underground cathedrals? To dig deep into the earth’s core and hollow out space for beauty’s sake. What a fascinating expedition on a deeply elemental level. To… Continue reading

  • Days 23-24 What to Do?

    The Community We Are Called To Be “To be a community that serves, that speaks, that celebrates and prays in such a way that others-regardless of their religious belief, encountering this community experience a revelation of life’s deepest truths…about human… Continue reading

  • Days 16-17 I Love You More

    Please note: This essay is dedicated in loving memory to Candi Maio. Vibrant, charismatic, lover of life and giver of joy; her name, Candida Maio but everyone knew her as Candi. She greeted this world on February 17, 1933 and… Continue reading

  • Days 1-3 May I live this Day

      I arise today By John O'Donohue In the name of Silence Womb of the Word, In the name of Stillness Home of Belonging, In the name of the Solitude Of the Soul and the Earth.   I arise today… Continue reading

  • Days 364-365 We Bless This Year

    Blessing for the End of the YearBy John O’Donohue As this year draws to its end,We give thanks for the gifts it broughtAnd how they became inlaid withinWhere neither time nor tide can touch them. The days when the veil… Continue reading

  • Days 350-351 Christmas Blessings

    As Christmas draws near, we prepare our hearts to celebrate the birth of Christ; of Love in our midst. No one can deny that this is a busy time of year. Ah, the twinkling lights, and Christmas Carols, the fun… Continue reading

  • Days 341-342 “His Own Heart Laughed”

     “His own heart laughed: and that was quite enough for him.”  -Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol The Greek term Metanoia refers to a change of mind or of one’s way of seeing and of being. It represents a transformative change of heart. … Continue reading

  • Days 334-335 And Gently Turn Your Face

    The season of Advent has roots that date back to northern Europe in pre Christian times. In the cold dark of winter candles were lit upon an evergreen wreath to mark the time, while each day people eagerly awaited the… Continue reading

  • Days 328-329 Giver of Light

    “All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.” -Julian of Norwich In this we surrender and trust. During Thanksgiving weekend we have the opportunity to pause amid the weaving's of our… Continue reading

  • Days 320-321 Love Holds Us Together

    “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” –Martin Luther King, Jr.   Great God, who has told us"Vengeance is mine,"save us from ourselves,save us from the vengeance in… Continue reading