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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Former President & CEO of multiple hospital systems and founding president & CEO of 20-hospital OhioHealth, best selling author, film artist, ordained minister, composer, published poet, syndicated T.V. host, trial attorney, federal prosecutor and Municipal Court Judge. Erie is internationally known as the founder of the Radical Loving Care(R)movement. He also heads Erie Chapman Foundation, Dane Dakota Productions, LLC, and Chapman Health International, Inc.

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Former President & CEO of multiple hospital systems and founding president & CEO of 20-hospital OhioHealth, best selling author, film artist, ordained minister, composer, published poet, syndicated T.V. host, trial attorney, federal prosecutor and Municipal Court Judge. Erie is internationally known as the founder of the Radical Loving Care(R)movement. He also heads Erie Chapman Foundation, Dane Dakota Productions, LLC, and Chapman Health International, Inc.

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  • Days 176-180 – How Humanity is Won

    “I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me,” Ralph Ellison’s character says. “Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat. “When I discover who I am, I’ll be free.” 

  • Days 169-173 – Meaningful Relationships

    The radical thing about Radical Loving Care is that the heart’s sensitivity, newly tuned to Joy, becomes exquisitely vulnerable to suffering. Pain is integral to meaningful relationships.

  • Days 160-164 – The Only Path to Compassion

    The road to compassion runs through the city of pain. Pain burns unique brands into each of us. We experience agony differently so none of us ever knows the experience of another. Take note of the courage of star CEO Chris York who bravely apologized for pre-judging Colin Kapernick & now sees that we must…

  • Days 153-157 – Men & Tears

    If you are ever present when a man cries you do not have to say anything. When we are allowed to hug again give him one. If not, say, “I am so glad you have the strength to shed tears.”

  • Days 139-143 – Healing Water

    Actual wells run dry. Love’s never does. But, as life’s demands scare us from living love we grow thirstier & forget how to water our souls. Or shun the work it takes. Love’s soft rains bring Spring’s healing touch. Whether the patient’s body is cured or not new flowers bloom for both patient & healer. 

  • Days 132-136 – The Enemies of Presence

     The most soul-enriching path is the hardest to choose: It is to sit with Fear. Watch it. Befriend it as a teacher that will illuminate truth. To listen to it as a guide to the Love we were meant to live.

  • Days 125-129 From Whom Did You Learn Love?

    My image of mom, “Final Days” ended up hanging in the Vanderbilt Art Gallery this past year. Write down who taught you love & how. Create something to honor that person. Avoid easy answers like, “My mom was great,” or “My minister was terrific.” Use details & stories to illustrate. Through that exercise you will…

  • Days 111-115 – The New Two Dimensional Relationships

    Does the widening phenomenon of two-dimensional encounters threaten our humanity? What happens to compassion when we fall ill & our caregivers know us only as electronic images that can be turned off & on like a television?

  • Days 103-107 – Illusions

    The photograph is a harmless reflection. The President’s claim, on the edge of March, that “COVID-19 is a hoax” was an illusion that put millions of caregivers at risk. Supply shortages continue. Let’s honor our caregivers with facts & action not fictions & fumbling.

  • Days 96-100 – Celebrating Caregivers in Song

    Please watch this video thank you and pass it along on your Facebook and/or Instagram page or via email. Thank you caregivers everywhere – now & always. Hallelujah!