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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Perhaps our suffering shapes us in the way that a chisel sculpts marble. The pain of each blow makes its mark. And it is the repeated blows that bring real change. We may emerge stronger. Or we may emerge beaten down and twisted, especially if we remain trapped in self-pity. But we are changed, nevertheless.
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We cannot hear the energy of God/Love in the middle of hurrying. As some sage has said, speed is not like the devil, it is the devil. Love appears only when we are fully present.
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The weekend provides an opportunity to reflect on the close of the first two weeks of this year of Living Love. Now is the time when early resolutions can begin to fade. In the course of evaluating balance, I often feel a need to give myself a light tug, the way I would…
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I understand personal commitment to be a quality of voluntarily fulfilling, an obligation. An obligation seems to be generally regarded as something that is legally or morally compelling. What makes personal commitment “personal” is the voluntary aspect.
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She’s one of the most admired charity leaders in Tennessee and I’ve referred to her often – partly because she has a way of speaking in quotable phrases. So I listened carefully after I asked Rev. Becca Stevens (left) founder of Magdalene in Nashville, How do you drive away fear?
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Whether our lives are suffused with bitterness, hate and apathy or flooded with compassion and Love, these things will be revealed in our lives and who we are. Even those who are skillful at hiding their hate will always disclose their true selves through their actions. This is why it is so important that we…
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Most of us just “dabble” in the inward journey. We travel a few inches into the difficult territory of the soul, then turn and retreat when the going gets tough. Perhaps this is the reason we’re so attracted to surface transactions. External transactions are an easy alternative to meaningful inner work.
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Radical Loving Care is centered in relationships. The Sacred Encounter is, itself, a concept of engaging Love’s power to transform an ordinary encounter into a sacred one. As I wrote above, to accomplish a Sacred Encounter, we must be open to the divine in the other. When we objectify the other in order to accomplish…
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On Friday, five of us gathered in the Serenity Room at work for a “meditation break” The energy level of our group was high resulting in spontaneous conversation and laughter that needed release before we could settle down into stillness.
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[The following post was composed by Cathy Self, Sr. V.P. of the Trust] There are [also] many things that lie hidden in my conscience which are known and manifest to God, even though they may be unknown and obscure to me. John Cassian – (340-430 C.E.) A perspective on why, as caregivers, some of…
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