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Days 343-344 A Light Shines – A Guest Essay
[Please note: Today's GUEST ESSAY was submitted by Bobbye R. Terry Executive Director, Odyssey Hospice and represents her views] One of my favorite verses in the Bible is found in Isaiah 61:1, the beginning verse of The Year… Continue reading
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Days 338-342 – Profiles of Radical Loving Care
“Trying to measure Love is like attempting to snap a picture of God.” -Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 336-337 Countless Masks Falling
I look out into a field of stark, leafless trees wrapped up in a ghostly fog of grey. Their dark limbs silhouette tributaries of black lace, entwined in a colorless sky. How bare and vulnerable without their protective garb, their… Continue reading
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Days 334-335 – How “Empty” Becomes “Full” – The Impact of Expectations
We expect a lot from art. We want it to inspire us. Yet, most of us overlook that truth that to enjoy the best art we need to make an effort. No art can reach us unless we discover how… Continue reading
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Days 331-333 – Action & Inertia
“What if, right now, you listened for how you can be a pathway for Love’s light?” – Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 329-330 Paraprosdokians
"Paraprosdokians are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently humorous. Winston Churchill loved them." ~Anon Here are a few paraprosdokians from a distinguished cat named Esmae who dreams… Continue reading
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Days 327-328 – Those Who Rekindle Our Light
“…hope is a ship on the horizon. And it is sailing our way.” – Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 324-326 – “When I Was The Forest”
“The more we seal ourselves off from the earth the more we distance ourselves from life. Love rises from the ground, wraps the trees, massages the oceans, stirs the fires of life and paints our hearts with the only colors… Continue reading
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Days 322-323 Back Home
Recently, my son John and I had an opportunity to go visit my mom in Vermont. Nearing her 97th year, mom's hearing has diminished to the point of near deafness, which makes quality conversations more difficult, but not impossible. However,… Continue reading
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Days 320-321 – The Texture of Sacred Encounters
“When Love is present, touch is different. Sacred encounters have a texture that only the presence of Love can provide.” – Erie Chapman Continue reading
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