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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  • "No wise person ever wanted to be younger." -Native American Aphorism    When one particular college student applied to medical school he knew that his chances were slim. His grades were adequate but not exceptional.       When the admissions committee reviewed his recommendations, they came across one with a key phrase. "This student does…

  • “Love cannot let us down. Only we can do that to ourselves.” – Erie Chapman

  • Celebrate Erie Chapman’s sixth anniversary as editor of the Journal of Sacred Work

  • "Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself." Chief Seattle (1854)     When American pause to honor and reflect upon our veterans of military service some of the most often overlooked are the untold numbers of caregivers…

  • Living with ambiguity.

  • “Don’t wait for the voice of Love to fall to you from the sky. That voice has already spoken. Make your own decision to turn your heart toward Love.” -Erie Chapman

  •   I often go home to visit my family and friends in the New England area. Stepping out of one’s routine and into another place of Earth’s turning, naturally provides perspective. Distance from worn patterns of daily life creates an opportunity for reflection and for garnering new insights. Going home to the place of one’s…

  •    This strange, even abstract, conjunction of fences and stacks of bamboo and vines and trees leads all the way back to a choir of tulips singing to us from beneath an inverted V.    For people like me, everything has significance. When I saw this gorgeous jumble from the alley behind my office I…

  • For those grounded in serenity every moment may not be happy but life itself is always rich. Instead of grieving the past or worrying about the future, their serenity gives them the gift of grace in every present.

  •   This Sunday, people near and far will be spending time with or thinking of their Mothers. On a personal note, I just returned home from visiting my mother in Vermont. In the 96th year of her life, I could not be lulled into complacency or fooled by the seeming ordinary passing of the few…