Journal of Sacred Work
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When we truly love ourselves, we are not engaging in the indulgence of our egos. Instead, we are accepting, with humility, the gift of the life we have been given by God.
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Today's meditation was written by Cathy Self, Senior Vice-President for the Baptist Healing Trust. I'm struck with the efforts of so many in our world who seek to leave a legacy – something that will mark a life's meaning and purpose. Great pain and sacrifice has been offered over and over to place that…
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Today's meditation was written by Cathy Self,Senior Vice President for the Baptist Healing Trust. "If you approach people with trust and affection you would have tenfold trust and thousandfold affection returned to you." – Gandhi This time of year seems to abound in opportunities for compassionate presence – compelling needs are brought into our homes…
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Today's meditation was written by Cathy Self, Senior Vice President for the Baptist Healing Trust. Fleda Brown, a local columnist for a small paper in Northern Michigan introduced me to the poetry of W. S. Merwin. Born in New York City in the late 1920's, this Pulitzer prize winning poet offers words that seem simultaneously…
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Today's meditation was written by Cathy Self, Senior Vice President for the Baptist Healing Trust. "The holiest spot on earth is one where an ancient hatred has become a present love" – anonymous street graffiti In awakened awareness, silence helps us connect to the common heart we all long to share and experience. In…
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Today's meditation was written by Cathy Self, Senior Vice President for the Baptist Healing Trust. I grew up with a wonderful toy called "Chatty Cathy." Pull her magic ring on the back of her neck and she and I could exchange words in play conversation. I most of all remember her saying "I love you,"…
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Today's meditation was written by Cathy Self, Senior Vice President for the Baptist Healing Trust. Frances Bernardone (1182-1226) is best known to us as St. Francis of Assisi, a man who experienced the Love of God in a deeply personal and lived reality. Once he stepped into the realm of God's infinite Love, Francis…
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Today's meditation was written by Cathy Self, Senior Vice President for the Baptist Healing Trust. John O'Donohue, in his work titled "Anam Cara" suggests that when two people come together "an ancient circle closes between them. They also come to each other," he writes, "not with empty hands, but with hands full of gifts for…
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Today's mediation was written by Cathy Self, Senior Vice President for the Baptist Healing Trust. Dr. Saki Santorelli has captured the wonderful movement of the wounded healer in his book titled "Heal Thy Self – Lessons on Mindfulness in Medicine." The archetype of the wounded healer has been used by a number of well…
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Today's meditation was written by Cathy Self, Senior Vice President for the Baptist Healing Trust. Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter whose work has had a far reaching influence on 20th century art with its vivid colors and emotional impact. In his paintings, Van Gogh invites us to see the light…
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