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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Category: Health Care

  • “No place becomes sacred merely by its location or structure. Any place where Love meets need will immediately take on the garment of the holy.” -Reverend Erie Chapman

  • “If you want mere obedience, shout out rules. If you want to live Love, live Love’s example – and tell stories that prove it.” -Erie Chapman

  • Our stories define our lives. Particular stories can change our lives – the ones told by family and friends, the ones described in books, movies and on television and the stories we tell each other. Most crucial of all, of course, are the stories we tell ourselves.

  • “There are nearly seven billion people in the world. And there is just you.” – Reverend Erie Chapman

  •                                                                                                                                                              Mandala: (colored pencils) by ~liz In the Mind of God     We catch intimate glimpses of shadows and light Your radiance illuminates my thoughts in fleeting  moments that can only be held in colors of gratitude…

  • Why do adults need to be taught how to love? Somehow, we forget what we know, or twist Love into something it is not. Love does not possess. Possessiveness toward any other human being comes from fear, not Love.

  • What does it mean to bring God to work?

  •    Except when I'm meditating, I have lots of trouble sitting still and relaxing the way most people seem to do. I don't think this is good and it is certainly the opposite of what I am recommending to caregivers all the time – to practice good self care.    On Labor Day morning, I walked…

  • If our country’s leaders really honor the Senator as much as they say they do, a majority of them will see to it that the poor and under-insured will finally receive what Kennedy said was a right, not a privilege: quality health care.

  • The quiet people are the ones who so often deliver Radical Loving Care…