Journal of Sacred Work

Robert Frost

  • Days 20-24 – “Only When Love & Need Are One…”

    The merger of love & need are always at play in any fulfilling “victory.” The secret lies in the hearts of each individual who chooses to unite avocation with vocation. Where “two eyes make one in sight.”  Continue reading

  • Days 223-224 Acceptance

    Note: Special thanks to Terry Chapman for offering this meaningful reflection BIRD SPIRITUALITY! Artist James Marsh What can we learn from our winged friends? First, we can learn how to soar above everyday concerns and boredom by honoring our daily… Continue reading

  • Days 141-142 Acceptance

    Note: This insightful reflection is offered by Terry Chapman PhD Why, oh why, is it so hard to let things go?  And to let people go?  We will always have them with us in spirit, but as humans, we try… Continue reading

  • Days 265-269 The Power of Play

    “Perhaps, it is when we unite work & play that we do our best caregiving – for each other as well as for the patient before us.” Continue reading

  • Days 225-229 – Pairings

    Pairing matters most when courage marries vulnerability, when intimacy meets truth & when effort & intelligence yield eloquent expression. It is fine to tell someone you love them. It is better to show them. It is best when telling becomes… Continue reading

  • Days 46-47 -The One Less Traveled

    I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.   –Robert Frost As we… Continue reading

  • Days 209-213 The Joy of Caregiving?

    “Love is the greatest power. Caregiving is its finest expression.” – Erie Chapman Continue reading

  • Days 174-178 – Words of Marriage

    “we seek the sacred companionship of one with whom we can live ‘together wing to wing and oar to oar.'” Continue reading

  • Day 106 – Day Dreams

    Daydreaming helps us sort out relational conversations or solve a problem at hand, researchers seem to agree we make associations that lead to creative ideas when we drift from a linear, well rehearsed solution and let our thoughts wander. Continue reading

  • Day 54 – A New “Caring Code” Ritual – Something to Build On

    Why is this idea so important? Because this new, caring code ritual honors not only the humanity of the person who has died, but the humanity of the team that sought to save that life. Absent such loving rituals, the… Continue reading