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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“His comrades, who never shrank from danger, shed tears over his grave and feel his loss deeply.” It’s not Memorial Day speeches referencing millions that reach our hearts. It is individual stories that can tear tears from our eyes.
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Note: Reflection offered by Liz Sorensen Wessel Strolling without a destination, the day’s invitation was to linger without reason or a purpose, other than gratitude. Sitting idle upon the garden wall was a pair of worn leather boots without companion. Resting, abandoned, forgiving, trusting, lonely, lost or forgotten? Perhaps, his feet were tired and swollen…
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“Time is a trick. But the biggest trick of all is reality.” – Dane Dakota, from the film, “Alex Dreaming.”
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Note: Reflection shared by Liz Sorensen Wessel “To care is to enter into the experience of someone whose life is invaded by suffering and powerlessness, and to recognize not only their need for the care we can give but for our need for the care we can receive.” The Church Reader The late John O’…
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Note: Reflection by Liz Sorensen Wessel To my first born son, Lee I remember driving to work each day and carrying you within me and loving that you accompanied me wherever I went. Oh the anticipation and the joy. After you were born, I recall thinking that if anything ever happened to you I would…
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Every good artist learns that negative space holds the key to positive space. “Empty” areas allow images to breath, notes to sing & caregivers to listen for Love’s voice.
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Note: Shared by Liz Sorensen Wessel. On April 29th over 200,000 people marched outside the White House to protest the devastating rollbacks of Obama’s Clean Power Plan. All around the country over 370 sister marches unfolded as people walked in solidarity to object to the devastating setbacks on the protections of our environment. This protest…
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“Courage is the measure of our heartfelt participation with life,” Whyte writes. But it is always easier to hide. Courage is a choice. The only way to live fully is to choose it.
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Note: Reflection by Liz Sorensen Wessel. Each morning on my drive to work I see the tents along the river bank and I wonder, who are these people and what are their stories? It is startling to see a river of blue tarps and makeshift tents that have begun to wind along the embankment stretching…
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“I am certain of nothing but the Holiness of the heart’s affections and the truth of Imagination,” Keats wrote. Imagination breathes youth & vitality into our lives – if only we will let it.
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