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: shared by Liz Sorensen Wessel Sacred Mystery, waiting on the threshold of this new year, you open the gates and beckon to me. "Come! Come! Be not fearful of what awaits you as you enter the unknown terrain, be not doubtful of your ability to grow from its joys and sorrows. For I…
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If I share the circumstances of this photograph you may think, “I see” & move on. The artist’s dismay is that you miss whatever else a picture has to offer. Speed is not a part of meaningful encounters.
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Note: Written by Liz Sorensen Wessel Light through a Gap Light comes through a gap in the curtains:The promise of morning.Light comes through the flaws of our lives:The promise of love. ~ -Modern Prayer from Berlin, Germany We humans are wired to count, compare and separate all that we see into categories of like or…
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How do we free ourselves from jails of our own creation? Jesus proved that no jail can imprison the hearts of those who love. We should celebrate his birth not just on December 25 but everyday.
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Note: This Christmas Greeting is from Liz Sorensen Wessel May the love that breathes life into all of humanity Be born in us this Christmas season. May the love that brings forth all of creation, Be born in us this Christmas season. May the love that overcomes hatred and brings healing, Be born in us…
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Note: Shared 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…
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Yvan was born with a death sentence. His crime? Club feet. American children receive love & treatment. In Yvan’s Ivory Coast village the tradition is to kill “disfigured” children. That was Yvan’s fate until he found a pair of angels.
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Note: this reflection is offered by Liz Sorensen Wessel “It is what it is”… my late brother John would often say and when I am missing him most, I listen for these words from others as a sign of his ever present love. This morning I listened to Richard Rohr utter these words, “It is…
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“The passing world survives only in moments of absolute being…” To find beauty in the image of a woman interrupting the lines of a row of drinking fountains is a gift we can unwrap everyday. Thus, our “ordinary” workplace becomes a house of surprise.
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“The human heart continues to dream of a state of wholeness, a place where everything comes together, where loss will be made good, where blindness will transform into vision, where damage will be made whole, where the clenched question will open in the house of surprise, where the travails of a life’s journey will enjoy…