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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  • Too many soldiers from all countries gave their lives since human beings picked up stones and slingshots, then catapults and now nuclear war is in mankind's quiver of suffering and death! God watches our inadequate use of free will and sighs, "this too must end!" Caregivers worldwide pray and fervently hope for the killing fields…

  • Note: This is a continuation of a story about Lual Mayen that was published on the JSW on May 15th On one of Lual’s daily trips to the Internet Café, a friend introduced him to video games.  Typical of video games, it’s plot consisted of violence with players having to run for their lives to…

  • Note: This is part one of a two-part story Can you imagine what it is like to be a refugee fleeing from violence, war, poverty and hunger as you and your family search desperately for a safe place to sleep, lack food to feed your children, and every day is a struggle just to survive?…

  • Mother’s Day Blessing

  • "Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation as any painter’s or sculptor’s work; for what is the having to do with dead canvas or dead marble, compared with having to do with the living body, the temple of God’s spirit?…

  •   “Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” Chief Seattle Earth Day, 4/22/2021 and every day, is a good time to reflect upon the indigenous people of this country…

  • Note: Guest reflection by the high spirited and kind-hearted Terry Chapman! Now that we see light ahead of us in this tunneling virus, and feel somewhat better about our collective futures–what next?  How can we focus on positive, productive life outcomes and share this optimism with those we serve? Do we refill our caring reservoirs…

  • As I reflected on this question, what can I offer? I thought about Easter, new life, transformation… National Poetry month…. Earth Day is in April… I thought about care of creation… I thought about springtime… and all these ideas pointed to the unique ways we give expression to our spirituality and the opportunity we have…

  •   Let's not get swept away and lose sight of sweet delights. Spring is here. Mother Earth is giving birth to Iris, Buttercup, Rose and Jasmine. Are we going to visit these little bundles of joy? These exquisite miracles of creation, or will we lose out on the precious moments of their new lives. We…

  •   As the seasons change from Winter to Spring, earth is full of beautiful reminders of a movement from darkness to light and of new pathways for being in this world. After a year of responding, serving and walking through the challenges of Covid-19, the vaccine offers a renewed sense of hope!    What if,…