Journal of Sacred Work

Caregivers have superpowers! Radical Loving Care illuminates the divine truth that caregiving is not just a job. It is Sacred Work.

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Category: Health Care

  • The road to compassion runs through the city of pain. Pain burns unique brands into each of us. We experience agony differently so none of us ever knows the experience of another. Take note of the courage of star CEO Chris York who bravely apologized for pre-judging Colin Kapernick & now sees that we must…

  • Actual wells run dry. Love’s never does. But, as life’s demands scare us from living love we grow thirstier & forget how to water our souls. Or shun the work it takes. Love’s soft rains bring Spring’s healing touch. Whether the patient’s body is cured or not new flowers bloom for both patient & healer. 

  •  The most soul-enriching path is the hardest to choose: It is to sit with Fear. Watch it. Befriend it as a teacher that will illuminate truth. To listen to it as a guide to the Love we were meant to live.

  • My image of mom, “Final Days” ended up hanging in the Vanderbilt Art Gallery this past year. Write down who taught you love & how. Create something to honor that person. Avoid easy answers like, “My mom was great,” or “My minister was terrific.” Use details & stories to illustrate. Through that exercise you will…

  • Does the widening phenomenon of two-dimensional encounters threaten our humanity? What happens to compassion when we fall ill & our caregivers know us only as electronic images that can be turned off & on like a television?

  • The photograph is a harmless reflection. The President’s claim, on the edge of March, that “COVID-19 is a hoax” was an illusion that put millions of caregivers at risk. Supply shortages continue. Let’s honor our caregivers with facts & action not fictions & fumbling.

  • Please watch this video thank you and pass it along on your Facebook and/or Instagram page or via email. Thank you caregivers everywhere – now & always. Hallelujah!

  • Adults have magic powers. Look at the effect you have when you thank a caregiver, smile at a policemen or tell a doctor you are grateful for her work. Consider your impact when you meet a patient’s eyes with love in yours.

  • Radical Loving Care calls us to love even when Fear says it makes no sense. Why? Because love is the heart of our highest humanity.