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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“…we can learn from the wise how we may, each short day and long night, find our way into the light.” – Erie Chapman
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(Please note: Today's GUEST ESSAY was submitted by Artist, Maria Doglio). Painting, "Heart in Tree" ~ by Maria Doglio “In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.” …
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“Time is a trick. But, the biggest trick of all may be reality…The only good choice we have in this world is to let our everyday choices be guided by Love’s energy instead of letting Fear’s energy shadow our days.” -Erie Chapman
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[Please note: Today's GUEST ESSAY was submitted by Bobbye R. Terry Executive Director, Odyssey Hospice and represents her views] One of my favorite verses in the Bible is found in Isaiah 61:1, the beginning verse of The Year of the LORD’s Favor: The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the…
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I look out into a field of stark, leafless trees wrapped up in a ghostly fog of grey. Their dark limbs silhouette tributaries of black lace, entwined in a colorless sky. How bare and vulnerable without their protective garb, their countless masks falling into this God given moment. This past week Mother Earth has been…
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"Paraprosdokians are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently humorous. Winston Churchill loved them." ~Anon Here are a few paraprosdokians from a distinguished cat named Esmae who dreams these up as he gazes out the window of his charming Vermont home. We…
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“The more we seal ourselves off from the earth the more we distance ourselves from life. Love rises from the ground, wraps the trees, massages the oceans, stirs the fires of life and paints our hearts with the only colors that are real.” – Erie Chapman
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Recently, my son John and I had an opportunity to go visit my mom in Vermont. Nearing her 97th year, mom's hearing has diminished to the point of near deafness, which makes quality conversations more difficult, but not impossible. However, I must confess that I felt perplexed at times, as I wondered how to get…
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“When Love is present, touch is different. Sacred encounters have a texture that only the presence of Love can provide.” – Erie Chapman
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“What about the abstract? We can measure the quantity of a drug. Can we measure out Love in milligrams or cubic centimeters? Can we photograph it, put a frame around it, and hang it on the wall?” -Erie Chapman
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