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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The greater truth is that all of us are both suffering and filled with the potential for joy. When we feel kicked around by the world, it’s natural to retreat to the closest thing we can find to our mother’s lap.
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How is your journey across 2008 proceeding? How are you doing with your New Year’s resolution to Live Love, not fear? To share your thoughts on caregiving, click on "Comments" (below)
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Although the practices of Hinduism may look very different from Christian, Islam, or Judaism, what matters is that this ancient faith is grounded in living Love. This sounds like a faith worth admiring rather than condemning. Isn’t this part of what it means to live Love?
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When is the last time a movie changed the way you look at life? That’s what the promotional language for the best film of the year says. They’re right. If The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is showing at any theater within twenty-five miles of you, please go see it. Although created for the world,…
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Recognizing that legacies are sometimes about our egos, how would you like to be remembered? There’s an old saying that we are not recalled for what we did but for how we made people feel? If this is true, how are we doing?
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Martin Luther King, Jr. must have experienced many days when he resented his calling. He was living in this world, as Nouwen says, but, like all saintly people, he periodically transcended it.
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For what are weekends for but rest and reflectionagainst the hard realities of a regular weekof life? What are your thoughts on this eve of the Martin Luther King holiday?
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One of our most faithful and loving caregivers and Journal writers is Liz Wessel, R.N., M.S., who works with the St. Joseph’s Health System based in Orange, California, has composed the following prayer/poem for caregivers.
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It took a sense of purpose, the full fire of passion, a complete realization of potential, a persistent commitment to hope, and the full presence of King’s being, for Martin Luther King, Jr. to lead the Civil Rights movement of the ’50s and ’60s. Most of all, King’s passionate commitment to high purpose called him…
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The goals of Love are often ill-defined and elusive. When we live Love, how do we know if we have actually achieved anything specific? The Good Samaritan leans to help the wounded man. He knows he has done what he could. But there is no celebration of success, no knighting by the queen, and no…
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