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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TRANSFORMATION It could be the letter never answered, the one in which you declared your love in such a tender way, admitting to every- thing. Or when the shell you brought all… the way from the Philippines is dropped by some loud stranger you never wanted to show it to in the first place. It…
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“What light shines from your presence?” – Erie Chapman
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I invite you to watch this video and then share your reaction. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=E8umFV69fNg We receive collective messages about beauty from an early age. It is not uncommon to see an eight year old girl dressing like Madonna. In my time, the perfect body was objectified in little girls as we played with our Barbie…
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In the fullness of life we can experience the many nuances of love. The Ancient Greek’s were able to distinguish the various facets of love imbued in the words; xenia, philia. storge, eros and agape. Xenia is the word that describes hospitality, a friendship that is formed between a guest and their host. I…
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“Your quiet joys are not guilty pleasures. Cultivating your comforts provides the rest you need to live Love.” – Erie Chapman
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To be human is to become visible while carrying what is hidden as a gift to others. To remember the other world in this world is to live in your true inheritance. -David Whyte Love is the source of our being. To gaze into the eyes of another and become visible to yourself, is…
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“Love always circles back to the lover…Love the space you occupy and the space will love you. Treat your environment as sacred and you become a part of the sacred…There is no more sacred “space” than the spiritual square footage of your soul. There is no greater thing you can do than to decorate your…
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In a famous Princeton study, a group of Seminarians were recruited under the guise of religious education. The seminarians were asked to give a talk on the parable of the Good Samaritan. They were divided into two groups where the timeframes to arrive at the lecture hall varied. As each seminarian walked to the hall…
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“Today’s artists weave on looms of light unavailable in earlier eras…Only Radical Loving Care can change the human heart but most of us will not let it in. If we did, we would discover that odd phenomenon that always surprises us: When we give, we receive.” – Erie Chapman