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.
Recent Posts
About
Category: Uncategorized
-
O’Donohue reminds us of the water “takes the shape of whatever otherness holds it.” As he tells us this is humility. – Reverend Erie Chapman
-
For I have seen a splendor past the sun. I have heard a voice beyond the listening stars. A voice as luminous and as cool as dew is near me, though I saw not when it came. And you are here, sweet inexplicable you, making miraculous music of my name. ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸ ~Anonymous Contributed by Sr.…
-
“The food of love comes as acts of love. Kindness and compassion lend sacredness to sexual encounters just as caring and sensitivity nurture the physical care we give to the sick. We yearn for love in the same way we desire the balance of full health.” -Reverend Erie Chapman
-
“It is our very life that is at stake. Why not live our dreams? Why not love with every fiber of our being, with every breath we take, with every chance we have to touch the earth and sing to the open-hearted sky?Why not reach for the sun?” – Erie Chapman
-
My Grandmother in the StarsBy Naomi Shihab Nye It is possible we will not meet againon earth. To think this fills my throatwith dust. Then there is only the skytying the universe together. Just now the neighbor’s horse must be standingpatiently, hoof on stone, waiting for his dayto open. What you think of him,and the…
-
Before anyone of us slips the bonds of this earth, is freed from our body’s incessant needs, may we help each other along. This can be a hard journey. Only Love can make it tolerable.
-
“Within the forest of God’s Love lives a wild animal called romance.” – Erie Chapman
-
Stand under the stars and say what you like to them. Praise them, question them, pray to them, and wish upon them. The universe will not answer. But it will have spoken. –Timothy Ferris In the days of childhood life had a simple quality. Maybe we were warmly wrapped in a cocoon…
-
“Depression blocks God’s message of Love. It takes more than a psychiatrist’s prescription to open our hearts once again. It means finding, somewhere, the kind of courage that holds on even when holding on makes no sense.” – Reverend Erie Chapman
-
"What fools we are." -last words of a friend's mother It's pretty easy to agree that we are fools. Look around, or take a look in the mirror. To live is to be plagued by vanity. To live long is to come to know that happiness and ego don't get along with each…
Journal of Sacred Work 