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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Former President & CEO of multiple hospital systems and founding president & CEO of 20-hospital OhioHealth, best selling author, film artist, ordained minister, composer, published poet, syndicated T.V. host, trial attorney, federal prosecutor and Municipal Court Judge. Erie is internationally known as the founder of the Radical Loving Care(R)movement. He also heads Erie Chapman Foundation, Dane Dakota Productions, LLC, and Chapman Health International, Inc.

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Former President & CEO of multiple hospital systems and founding president & CEO of 20-hospital OhioHealth, best selling author, film artist, ordained minister, composer, published poet, syndicated T.V. host, trial attorney, federal prosecutor and Municipal Court Judge. Erie is internationally known as the founder of the Radical Loving Care(R)movement. He also heads Erie Chapman Foundation, Dane Dakota Productions, LLC, and Chapman Health International, Inc.

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  • Days 231-232 From a Distance

    How perceptions obscure our ability to see; how a change in thought can lead to a change of heart.

  • Days 223-225 Our Hidden Truth

      Note: A special thank you to Nic Askew for sharing his short film "One True Voice / Jonas Gerard." When artist, Jonas Gerard heard these words reflected back to him by a caregiver, “Jonas, you lost your voice” it awakened him to the deepest truth of his life.  Listening to Jonas tell his story,…

  • Days 216-217 “In Spite of It All….YES!”

     “I think the most important question facing humanity is ‘Is the universe a friendly place?’ This is the first and most basic question all people must answer for themselves.” -Albert Einstein Note: W/E Essay by Guest Contributor Candace Nagle Albert Einstein’s suggested inquiry implies much about our personal relationship to life and to God.  It…

  • Days 211-215 – Motionless

    “When I’m seeking, I never seem to find what matters. Motionless, I fall, if briefly, into the quiet lap that rests behind the heart. It is in these moments when the truth of the world arrives.” -Erie Chapman

  • Days 209-210 “…with God All Things Are Possible.”

    “Guess now who holds thee?” Death,” I said. But, there, the silver answer rang,–“Not Death, but Love.” ~Elizabeth Barrett Browning What was life like before we moved through the portal of our Mother’s womb, to the waiting hands ready to catch and welcome us into this world? I imagine that within the protective warmth of…

  • Days 202-203 “My Name is I AM”

       "Yahweh", according to the Jewish tradition is the unspeakable name of God; not to be spoken but breathed. Incredibly, with focused intention you may hear the actual sound as you inhale and exhale. Richard Rohr, offers a beautiful revelation, that from the moment of our birth to our very last breath we breathe our…

  • Days 195-196 I am Love

    "I Am Love"Author Unknown "Some say I can fly on the wind, yet I haven’t any wings.Some have found me floating on the open sea, yet I cannot swim.Some have felt my warmth on cold nights, yet I have no flame.And though you cannot see me,I lay between two lovers at the hearth of fireplaces.I…

  • Days 190-194 – Do You Call Yourself Beloved?

    “Do you call your self beloved in this world? Love breeds Love. It’s absence nurtures hate and anger and gives birth to fear.” -Erie Chapman

  • Days 188-189 A Unifying Force

    "The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe; to match your nature with Nature". -Joseph Campbell   I have heard it said, and I believe it to be true, that the unifying force that holds the universe together is Love. One need only to walk outdoors to experience…

  • Days 183-187 The Self We Don’t Know

    “Suffering is our hardest teacher. The lessons are expensive. Why cast aside what our pain has taught us?” – Erie Chapman