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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I grew up in the house my dad was raised in. Story told, he was an only child and was born prematurely. A baby weighing a mere 3 lbs., he was so tiny that his mother carried him on a pillow. Eventually my dad grew into an impressive 6’2” handsome physique. Years later when I…
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If you smile when you look at this four-year old than her wand has worked! It brought you a moment of magic! A caregiver’s loving acts can also be magic & can heal more effectively than drugs or surgery. A kind smile from a nurse or a reassuring touch from a doctor can feel like…
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Twilight is an enchanting space of neither day or night but an in between space of light and darkness. She offers us an invitation to pause as sun disappears behind the curvature of mountain's strength. Especially lovely, is how light mingles with night, shifts and flows, softening into her quiet and accepting way. Do not…
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As a child of God you are also a gift from God to the world. How have you unwrapped that gift & given the contents to others? How will you do that today in ways that will change both you & them? -Reverend Erie Chapman
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Frank Sinatra, Jr. (a classmate in the early 1950s) so successfully mimicked his dad’s voice that he never found his own. So many of our truths are drowned because we are afraid to speak them. The greatest value of an audience (whether one of a thousand) is the truth they tell. Few can be famous. All…
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The early impressionist painters taught us to see differently. Impressionism can also teach caregivers that every patient offers a surface impression hiding countless layers of humanity. Healing is a vast abstract painting. Learning its secrets requires deep devotion.
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When you go out into the woods and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are bent, and some of them are straight, and some of them are evergreens, and some of them are whatever. And you look at the tree and you allow it. You appreciate it.…
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Spiritual awakening is frequently described as a journey to the top of a mountain. We leave our attachments and our worldliness behind and slowly make our way to the top. At the peak we have transcended all pain. The only problem with this metaphor is that we leave all the others behind-our drunken brother, our…
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You do not have to see “Three Identical Strangers.” But if do you will never forget it because you will be changed.
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It’s as if you are having a bad dream that you just can’t wake up from and I’ve entered into your dream to accompany you on this journey. We both laughed amid the confusion that accompanies memory loss, and my heart smiles as you, my friend can find humor in any situation. This would be…
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