Erie Chapman Foundation
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Days 50 & 51 – Mercy San Juan Medical Center – Healing Hospital Certified™
Erie Chapman Foundation, Nashville, Tennessee, has announced that Mercy San Juan Medical Center, Sacramento (part of the Dignity Health network) has been awarded Healing Hospital Certification™ (Bronze) for 2019. The recognition was announced January 31, 2020 at a special ceremony… Continue reading
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Days 46-50 Culture-Changing Stories – Raising The Light
Asked to deliver loving care harried caregivers often say, “I haven’t got time.” Share this story about how Martha Chapman changed lives in just seconds every day. Continue reading
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Days 38-39 Slow Me Down
Slow Me Down Slow me down, Lord! Ease the pounding of my heart by the quieting of my mind. Steady my harried pace. With a vision of the eternal reach of time. Give me, amidst the confusion of my day, the calmness of… Continue reading
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Days 32-33 Our Stories
" God made man because he loves stories." Elie Wiesel In ancient times before the written word, familial lineage was passed on through the oral tradition. Spiritual wisdom is often transferred best through metaphors found in the magic of storytelling.… Continue reading
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Days 27-31 – Confusion of Flowers
Pansies know their calling: Beauty. The calling is the same for caregivers: to shine Healing’s Beauty into the hearts of sufferers. Since fatigue can cool that calling leaders must always be the sun for every caregiver. Continue reading
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Days 25-26 Love & Justice
This week we commemorated the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. a man who has inspired all humanity with his visionary dream of a better world. May we honor his memory by working together to transform his… Continue reading
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Days 20-24 – “Only When Love & Need Are One…”
The merger of love & need are always at play in any fulfilling “victory.” The secret lies in the hearts of each individual who chooses to unite avocation with vocation. Where “two eyes make one in sight.” Continue reading
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Days 18-19 My Grandmother’s Hands
How transparent and thin the skin over my hands has become, revealing these gnarly blue veins. Some days the joints in my fingers swell and I feel like the character, David Banner when his body suddenly bulges into The Hulk… Continue reading
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Days 11-12 Beyond Words
I’ve often heard it said that much of what we communicate is non-verbal. Our facial expressions, eye contact, posture, and the tone of our voice can say so much more than mere words. Well, I had an opportunity to test… Continue reading
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Days 6-10 – The Most Important Thing We Forget
Every older person worries about forgetfulness. But, when Vanderbilt Divinity School intern Summer Hyche told her audience, “We are a forgetful people” she was not talking about dementia. Continue reading
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