Journal of Sacred Work

Radical Loving Care

  • Days 164-168 – Other Realities

    She awakes in a forest that she knows & encounters one she knows not. From my altered states I am sure everyday reality is shallow as a birdbath. “Recent studies of superstring theory relating to the smallest subatomic particles suggest… Continue reading

  • Days 157-161 – What do we worship?

    We are what we worship. Worship a flower & experience its energy. Appreciate a sacred shine & feel peace. Seek to heal the wounded & you will feel healing. Worship cruelty & your spirit will suffer.  Continue reading

  • Days 115-119 – Gentle Light, Gentle Night

    She shows such elegance in her pink nightgown that it seems okay to share this picture of mom in her last days. She is so much in the habit of living that her spirit’s profound energy keeps nudging her body… Continue reading

  • Days 101-105 – The Crushing of Individuality

    In this 11-second video, my fifth grandchild experiences his first bite of solid food & turns up his nose. Then his mom makes him laugh. Will his subconscious record that eating the dislikable can be fun? Society strives to crush… Continue reading

  • Days 57-61 – First Leaf

    The appearance of a Sweet Bay leaf in February is a symbol of a southern joy – early springs.    Below her new green body lifeless remnants of last autumn litter the ivy. Hospitals are homes of both first &… Continue reading

  • Days 36-40 – The Harmonic Cosmos

    When Einstein was stuck developing his theory of relativity he often picked up his violin “to reconnect with the harmonies of the universe.” Radical Loving Care is a theory of caregiving. Healing is grounded in God’s love. Thus healing flows from… Continue reading

  • Days 285-289 – The Healer’s Gaze

    They gaze at each other, sunlit beings linked by blood, separated in age by three years & one month, joined forever in the love of sister & brother. Two-week-old Reed Chapman owns that baby’s ability to stare unselfconsciously because he is… Continue reading

  • Days 244-248 – A Life & Death Hypothetical

    If an angel appeared & offered you perfect health to age 80 & a peaceful death on your eightieth birthday would you take the deal? Continue reading

  • Days 222-226 – Freeing The Soul

    Illness & poverty may confine us. But, Fear is the great jailer. A mean boss walks in. Our spirit trembles. A piece of our soul breaks off every time we give into bullying. None of us can live free unless… Continue reading

  • Days 220-221 Would You Bring Dirty Dishes?

      “When we relate to our bodies as having soul, we attend to their beauty, their poetry and their expressiveness. Our very habit of treating the body as a machine, whose muscles are like pulleys and its organs engines, forces… Continue reading