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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  • Note: offered by Liz Sorensen Wessel  I’ll Tell You How The Sun Rose ~by Emily Dickinson I'll tell you how the sun rose,–  A ribbon at a time.  The steeples swam in amethyst,  The news like squirrels ran.  The hills untied their bonnets,  The bobolinks begun.  Then I said softly to myself,  "That must have…

  • Happy is nice but joyful is better. Happiness is a bouncing ball that can sail out of bounds. Joy can endure. It is the light that does not go out when storms blow in. Happiness is fed by events without. Joy is fed by gratitude from within. Renew gratitude every day & it will illuminate joy…

  • Shared by Liz Sorensen Wessel. Something so whimsical & light of heart as this little angel who perches within the freshness of an evergreen. Even more extraordinary is the tradition of a living tree standing majestically in our living rooms adorned with baubles, each with a story of its own. Baby’s first Christmas, a child's handmade…

  • It is the best gift you can receive & the hardest to accept. It is the gift of gratitude – from you to yourself. Breathe in the light that flows from every kind thing you have done. As you celebrate Jesus’ birth bathe in the joy of your own.

  • Offered by Liz Sorensen Wessel "God bless us everyone!" (Tiny Tim, The Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens) With Love and gratitude, From Liz Sorensen Wessel Merry Christmas! Drawing by ~liz    

  • Buildings do not matter much. Meaning flows from caregiver’s. Happy Holidays & blessings to everyone who devoted their hearts, souls & precious years of their lives to help others inside Toledo Riverside’s now crumbling walls. 

  •  Advent reflection shared by Liz Sorensen Wessel The meaning of Christmas can become obscured by commercialism and the whirlwind of activities that accompanies this season. We worry, about so much to  do and so little time. It can crowd out the mystery and beauty of love's unfolding. Quiet reflection reveals the deeper truths of Christmas…

  • Organizational living kills many of our truths. Some people may not like this picture. But because the truth of this image actually lies in decency no educated adult should be offended. “If you are going to tell people the truth, you had better make them laugh or they will kill you,” Oscar Wilde wrote. Yet many…

  • Reflection offered by Liz Sorensen Wessel Advent Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke In the winter forest the wind drives the flock of snowflakes like a shepherd, And a fir tree senses how soon she will be blessed with candle-light, and strains to hear. She shelters the white ways with her branches – ready to resist…

  •  Reflection by Liz Sorensen Wessel: Parting with apt affection I embraced and bid Tom farewell; his care package in hand for the long trip home. The road hugged the river’s edge, we passed the covered bridge on the left and I felt compelled to stop at the Old Jelly Mill, a hidden jewel but well…