Journal of Sacred Work

Erie Chapman Foundation

  • Days 287 – Are We Gifts from God?

    As a child of God you are also a gift from God to the world. How have you unwrapped that gift & given the contents to others? How will you do that today in ways that will change both you… Continue reading

  • Days 282-286 – Your Truest Voice

     Frank Sinatra, Jr. (a classmate in the early 1950s) so successfully mimicked his dad’s voice that he never found his own. So many of our truths are drowned because we are afraid to speak them. The greatest value of an… Continue reading

  • Days 275-279 – Impressions

    The early impressionist painters taught us to see differently. Impressionism can also teach caregivers that every patient offers a surface impression hiding countless layers of humanity. Healing is a vast abstract painting. Learning its secrets requires deep devotion. Continue reading

  • Days 273-274 Turning People Into Trees

    When you go out into the woods and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are bent, and some of them are straight, and some of them are evergreens, and some of them… Continue reading

  • Days 268-272 – “Room at the Top of the World”

    Our “room at the top of the world” is not a thousand miles away but within – or not at all. I have found mine & I ain’t comin’ down.  Continue reading

  • Days 261-265 “Three Identical Strangers”

    You do not have to see “Three Identical Strangers.” But if do you will never forget it because you will be changed. Continue reading

  • Days 259-260 Within the Light

    It’s as if you are having a bad dream that you just can’t wake up from and I’ve entered into your dream to accompany you on this journey.  We both laughed amid the confusion that accompanies memory loss, and my… Continue reading

  • Days 253-257 – 5 Milligrams

    The right words, music or scenery can bring as much relief physically as can a drug. But, given the choice, most of us pick drugs when seeking relief. Continue reading

  • Days 246-250 – The Angel of Legacy

    Kindnesses bloom whether or not we know the identity of the planter. When the angel comes to lift you from this earth what legacy will she whisper to those that remain? The answer turns not only on what we have done… Continue reading

  • Days 244-245 Something Precious

    "I would see you as my friend, / That I may remember you are a part of me / And come to know myself." -Course in Miracles Prayer of the Person The person across from you is the greatest miracle and… Continue reading