Journal of Sacred Work

Liz sorensen Wessel

  • Days 66-67 What If?

      “What if religion was each other? If our practice was our life? If prayer was our words? What if the temple was the Earth? If forests were our church? If holy water – the rivers, lakes, and oceans? What… Continue reading

  • Days 59-60 “Live Long and Prosper”

    The world mourns the loss of a great person, Leonard  Nimoy. I wish to honor his memory by sharing this video of  Nimoy as he shares his marvelous story. Apparently, Nimoy's  parents  were Orthodox Jews and immigrated  from  Iziaslav, Soviet… Continue reading

  • Days 52-53 The Ballerina

    Please Note: This guest essay was written  by my colleague Brian Beichner RN This reflection is my personal advice to the nurse that has to deal with the loss or potential loss of a patient. My advice is simple, talk… Continue reading

  • Days 45 – 46 The Wonder of Our Lives

          This excerpt from e. e. cumming's poem is a favorite. We have a singular purpose in life. We may look far and wide but we carry a simple truth.  The root of the root; stay grounded in what… Continue reading

  • Days 38-39 Where God Hides

    "We have to remind ourselves constantly that we are not saviors. We are simply a tiny sign, among thousands of others, that love is possible, that the world is not condemned to a struggle between oppressors and oppressed, that class… Continue reading

  • Days 31-32 Radical Loving Care

    "Spirituality is a dynamic and intrinsic aspect of humanity through which persons seek ultimate meaning, purpose, and transcendence, and experience relationship to self, family, others, community, society, nature, and the significant or sacred. Spirituality is expressed through beliefs, values, traditions,… Continue reading

  • Days 24-25 A Defining Moment

    I wish that you could see what I see; the radiance of your soul.  This afternoon a call came in from our hospital liaison nurse, she was asked to coordinate a discharge home for a 50 year old woman with… Continue reading

  • Days 17-18 Call Upon Mary

      "In dangers, in doubts, in difficulties, think of Mary, call upon Mary. Let not her name depart from your lips, never suffer it to leave your heart. And that you may obtain the assistance of her prayer, neglect not… Continue reading

  • Days 10-11 Within the Shelter Of Great Belonging

        “The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.”- Thomas Merton  Watch; experience, enjoy.     … Continue reading

  • Days 359-360…And Into the New

      The Old Year Runs Away From Me ~by Joyce Rupp The old year runs away from me. I hang onto her sleeve But she shakes me loose. Where does the old year go When the new year comes?  … Continue reading