Ultimately, the answer lies with each individual doctor and every other caregiver. The more medicine is driven by science and business, the more the practice becomes a transactional process and the greater the “burnout” factor. It’s enobling to be a… Continue reading

For those inside the church, this message is strange but familiar. And yet, outside the walls of the church, we are so prone to forget it. Thankfully, as Juan was to Betty, so Betty has been to me and to… Continue reading

Our life and work is not just about what we do but who we are, our “beingness.” The Spiritual principle involved here is this: Who we believe ourselves to be determines what we can do, our behaviors and quality of… Continue reading

Lovers don’t love because of the thanks they may get. Still, it’s a nice surprise when a note of appreciation comes floating into your life as unexpected as a butterfly in winter. -Erie Chapman Continue reading

World leader or anonymous caregiver. Famous star or everyday person. There is not so much distance, or difference, among us in the challenges we face. The question is not how hard the problems are, but whether we find the courage… Continue reading

The reality of sacred work strikes hard in a caregiver’s encounter with the pain of others. Across America, a quiet group of charities deal with children who have been abused. It’s hard for the rest of us to see the… Continue reading

On the edge of a new year, we may rejoice in the gift of our humainity and the opportunity we have to be a carrier of God’s Love. We may revel in the chance we have to weave an even… Continue reading

Take a moment to savor your hands – the sacred, storied tools of your heart and mind. What memories have created the crevasses and smooth plains of your landscape? What hopes and dreams are carried in the furrows and grip… Continue reading

And this is the great gift we got to unwrap again yesterday. It is the joy of love – the chance to enter 2007 with a renewed sense gratitude for the gift that comes every moment of the day -… Continue reading

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