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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Welcome to our weekend open forum. All caregivers are invited to submit whatever comments they would like about the experience of loving others. Click on Comments, below, to share your thoughts.-Erie
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It is very clear that the great caregivers are consistently in touch with God’s Love. This does NOT necessarily mean that they are religious. To the distress of some clergy, religion is not a requirement for deep spirituality. What the great caregivers do is to open a pathway to the life of the spirit. They…
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In yesterday’s Journal, I wrote about the Apostle John’s statement that God is love. If you accept this as true, than Loving care is Godly care. How does this interpretation affect the way you think of your work, if at all? To comment, click on Comment,below. You do not need to fill…
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[The following post was written by Cathy Self, Sr. V.P., Baptist Healing Trust]… The higher plane of leadership is a phrase used by Ken Blanchard, known to most as the author of “The One Minute Manager.” In discussing the difference between good and great leaders, Blanchard proposes that great leadership is much more than head…
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"The good physician treats the disease. The great physician treats the patient who has the disease." – William Osler, M.D. (left,1849-1919) Dr. Osler’s famous quote distinguishing the great physicians from the good speaks volumes about the role of compassion. When great physicians treat patients rather than diseases, they reflect the essence of Love. For…
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The anniversary I now like to honor on this date is Reformation Day, which began October 31, 1517 when Martin Luther posted his 95 theses on the door of Wittenberg Cathedral calling for reforms and an end to abuses in the Catholic Church. It was the founding of the Protestant movement.
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CEOs from America’s Healing Hospitals met in Nashville Monday to talk about a single subject: Loving Care. It is a select group. Their numbers are all too few. Every CEO in the country should be discussing the same subject. Still, it was encouraging to listen to a wide range of leaders describe caring environments…
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Love calls us to be present to the other just as we would want them to be present to us. -Erie Chapman
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When we wonder about the causes of caregiver burnout, we may need to look no further than this example. When caregiving is treated as a transaction, burnout will occur because transactions really don’t matter. It’s relationships that count. And Dr. Treadwell’s suggested ritual is a call to each caregiver to remember that caregiving is about…
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They probably never met. But the two people to your left are living witnesses to what caregiving was like during a war that killed tens of millions of people. And they are among the many who tell their stories on the astonishing Ken Burns series, The War, still running on PBS. We owe it to…
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