Reflections, Holidays, Spirituality
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Days 326-328 – The Divine Embrace – Self-Compassion vs. Self-Pity
“We are all hurting. We are all scared. Pity wounds. Self-kindness heals. Water your soul with Beauty. Heal your heart with God’s Love. -Reverend Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 324-325: Ruah
Starlings manifesting the Breath of God. Continue reading
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Days 319-323 – Hidden Colors
“Caregivers study science to learn how to cure the body’s broken machinery. Healing caregivers study art to enhance their ability to bring the comfort of color to darkened hearts. Each time we uncover more of Beauty’s hidden hues we discover… Continue reading
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Days 317-318 He Lives A Life of Passion
"People say that what we're all seeking is a meaning for life. I don't think that's what we're really seeking. I think that what we're seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on a purely… Continue reading
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Days 315-316 – Close and Far
But close can feel dangerous. Far may seem safe. Jesus called us to love our friends as well as our enemies. Does Love have such a thing as an enemy? – Reverend Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 312-314 – Compassion in Action
As they “limp away from the struggle,” the compassionate carry a sweet secret. Love provides Grace. – Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 310-311 Uncovering Basic Goodness
Cultivating an unconditional friendship with ourselves. Continue reading
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Days 308-309 – Walking Humbly
“How hard it is to “walk humbly” in the presence of those with whom we disagree or who behave in ways we find offensive to our notion of beauty. How challenging it is to live Love as we travel the… Continue reading
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Days 306-307 – Trapped
The great thinker Schopenhauer believed that our lives personify longing. Recently, I felt a strange dose of this longing while trapped in the soul-killing world of a shopping mall. – Erie Chapman Continue reading
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