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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Love sorrow. She is yours now, and you must take care of what has been given. Brush her hair, help her into her little coat, hold her hand, especially when crossing a street. For, think, what if you should lose her? Then you would be sorrow yourself; her drawn face, her sleeplessness would be yours.…
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“Energy whose edges are rounded is the kind that nurtures loving relationships.” – Erie Chapman
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Note: Special thanks to guest contributor Cheri Cancelliere C. S. Lewis observed that if you ask 20 good people to name the highest virtue, 19 of them will say “unselfishness.” Yet, he felt quite certain that if the same question were asked of the great saints of ages past, they would have overwhelmingly responded “love.”…
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“True maturity keeps counsel with both the adult and child self. Ignore either one and you will feel the loss-of-self anxiety that plagues our shared journey on this earth.” -Erie Chapman
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“Everyone has got to die, but I always thought an exception would be made in my case." Author, William Saroyan, on his deathbed. The majority of us are not comfortable having conversations about the prospect of end of life. Why is talking about care in the final stage of life so difficult? Perhaps, on an…
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The Journal of Sacred Work was launched June 7, 2006. Since then, more than fourteen hundred essays have been posted. In seven years about 300,000 visitors have viewed the site. Thousands have posted comments. When I looked back to the first edition (click on Archives in right column) I noticed that the third…
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Morning holds a special dignity of her own. Awakening in the quiet sanctity of her arms, listen as life begins to stir. In his book, “Eternal Echoes” John O’Donouhue encourages us to greet each day in the ancient tradition of a prayerful intention by taking a moment to welcome her arrival. Increasingly, I find myself…
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“Can we be companions that illuminate both our life together and the part of our path is solitary?” -Erie Chapman
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“…if we could truly see into the hearts of others we would always feel more love and understanding.” -Erie Chapman
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