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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Mother Mary has comforted the hearts of many throughout the ages. My mom loved to tell us stories about my grandmother, Catherine Carter Lawler and her love of Mary. Mom’s tone of voice rose at least two octaves whenever she shared that “grandma prayed to Mary and oh how she listened!” She interceded on her…
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David Whyte thinks we should befriend heartbreak as evidence of our humanity. He writes that “Heartbreak…is the natural outcome of caring for people…of holding in our affections those who inevitably move beyond our line of sight….”
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Note: Thanks & appreciation for this special guest reflection by Terry Chapman Photo (All’s Well) courtesy of Endurance photographer and Ernest Shackleton The Winds of FateElla Wheeler Wilcox “One ship sails east and another drives west with the selfsame winds that blow. ‘Tis the set of the sails and not the gales which tells us…
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She is not saying she has a ticket, of course. Humble people never make such claims. But she may know how you could acquire yours. She offered her four-word counsel back at her 103rd birthday. “What is your best advice to your great-grandkids?” I asked. She said,…
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“Your heart and my heart are very, very old friends.” -Hafiz What is life, if not our friendships & our relationships with one another? Life comes full circle. As a child our hearts are naturally open & trusting. Little woundings cause us to bend & mold ourselves to belong… to be accepted… to be loved… As…
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I was regretting the past And fearing the future. Suddenly my Lord was speaking: “My name is I Am.” He paused. I waited. He continued, When you live in the past With its mistakes and regrets, It is hard. I am not there, My name is not I WAS”. When you live in the future …
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Committed relationships carry the lead of pain as well as the gold of joy. If the soul-symbol for a man is the image of woman than what is the woman’s soul-symbol?
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Note: A Very special thank you to this week-end's guest contributor: Terry Chapman Fishing is a metaphor for life and my life is transformed toward wholeness in Nature. But when I can’t fish, I can still go dream fishing! Of course, all those trout I bring to my net are huge and none escape until I…
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Mulligan stew… according to Wikipedia, Mulligan stew is simply an Irish stew made of potatoes, vegetables, meat or whatever can be scavenged, begged, borrowed or stolen if need be. During the great depression, homeless men often referred to as hobos, would gather by a camp fire to share stories, a brew and to contribute a…
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Since he is six months old he cannot “know” that the little girl is his big sister, that the woman taking the picture is his mother & that his mother has cancer (we seek prayers.) And yet he DOES seem to know…
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