loving care

October 30, 2017

Days 303-307 – Preparing for Perfection – Monna Vanna to Mona Lisa

You have trained all of your life to become your best at your work. Perhaps, you have only been making drawings & drafts & are just now ready to create your personal masterpiece. Continue reading

January 2, 2017

Days 2-6 – What Do You See?

If I share the circumstances of this photograph you may think, “I see” & move on. The artist’s dismay is that you miss whatever else a picture has to offer. Speed is not a part of meaningful encounters. Continue reading

March 20, 2016

Days 81-85 – Holy Week or Hell Week?

To listen to Donald Trump during these sacred days causes one to wonder if this is Hell Week in America rather than Holy Week in the world. The omnipresent Trump is accidentally reminding loving caregivers of something we sometimes forget:… Continue reading

January 25, 2016

Days 25-29 – The Accidental Teachings of Donald Trump

Psychotherapist Dr. Thomas Moore writes that, “We know instinctively that someone who talks about himself all the time must not have a very strong sense of self.” Humility honors the self as a child of God. Narcissists think they are… Continue reading

July 13, 2015

Days 239-243 – Your Self Portrait

“In an episode of the old television series “Twilight Zone” a man invites guests to put on masks that reflect his idea of their personalities. What happens to the guests makes it one of Rod Serling’s most memorable episodes.” Continue reading

May 4, 2015

Days 126-130 – A Dream Hospital (1950s) in 60 seconds

American healthcare has been out of balance for decades. Continue reading

September 1, 2014

Days 247-251 – Invisibility

No one has written more powerfully about becoming invisible, a walking ghost, then Ralph Ellison. In Invisible Man his angry protagonist says, “I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me." The marginalized millions of the world… Continue reading

December 16, 2013

Journal of Sacred Work