Meditations
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250,000 “Visitors” to Journal of Sacred Work!
"Hey Erie, why don't you start a weblog?" The question came from Rollie Mains, a friend and former colleague at the Baptist Healing Trust. It was spring, 2006. "What's a weblog?" I asked. We forget how uncommon… Continue reading
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Bone on Bone – What Does ABC NEWS “Revolution at Work” Tell Us TODAY? – Days 155-159
If hospital and hospice leaders truly seek mission fulfillment, the only path is the one offered in “Revolution at Work.” Continue reading
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CONNECTION & Vulnerability: Days 148-152
The brilliant documentary, “Acts of Caring”, shows what Radical Loving Care® looked like at Riverside Methodist Hospital. Continue reading
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“Thursday’s Baby” – How A Tiny Infant Saved A Giant Hospital
How did the wildly popular “Thursday’s Baby” t.v. spot begin in Nashville? Continue reading
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Punched in the Face – Days 141-145
Strategic plans only succeed through cultures of peak competence and deep compassion. The same holds for individual caregivers. Continue reading
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The Mother Test™ on Mother’s Day WEEK – Days 132-137
A patient hurls insults and the bed pan at you. Live love here and you do what God asks: loved an enemy. Continue reading
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How Temptation Can Steal Our Identity – Days 126-130
Hospitals, careers, bosses, any one of these can swallow up our identity by using a particular tool: temptation. The ancient Sirens used a particularly seductive weapon. Continue reading
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“When the world is mud-luscious…” Days 119-123
Spring can thunderstorm rainbows as well as bloom flowers. For me, every spring evokes a single poem by e.e. cummings. Continue reading
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You Too Can Be A God! An Expert’s Advice – Days 112-116
Want to be a god? Become a caregiver. Continue reading
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