Journal of Sacred Work

Erie Chapman Foundation

  • Days 129-133 – May 5, 2018

    David Whyte thinks we should befriend heartbreak as evidence of our humanity. He writes that “Heartbreak…is the natural outcome of caring for people…of holding in our affections those who inevitably move beyond our line of sight….” Continue reading

  • Days 127-128 Winds of Fate

    Note: Thanks & appreciation for this special guest reflection by Terry Chapman Photo (All’s Well) courtesy of Endurance photographer and Ernest Shackleton The Winds of FateElla Wheeler Wilcox “One ship sails east and another drives west with the selfsame winds… Continue reading

  • Days 122-126 – Mom’s Ticket to Heaven – in Four Words

    She is not saying she has a ticket, of course. Humble people never make such claims. But she may know how you could acquire yours. She offered her four-word counsel back at her 103rd birthday. “What is your best advice to… Continue reading

  • Days 120-121 Full Circle

    “Your heart and my heart are very, very old friends.” -Hafiz What is life, if not our friendships & our relationships with one another? Life comes full circle. As a child our hearts are naturally open & trusting. Little woundings cause… Continue reading

  • Days 115-119 – Gentle Light, Gentle Night

    She shows such elegance in her pink nightgown that it seems okay to share this picture of mom in her last days. She is so much in the habit of living that her spirit’s profound energy keeps nudging her body… Continue reading

  • Days 113-114 Be Here Now

     I was regretting the past  And fearing the future.  Suddenly my Lord was speaking: “My name is I Am.” He paused.  I waited. He continued, When you live in the past  With its mistakes and regrets,  It is hard. I… Continue reading

  • Days 108-112 – The Feminine Soul

     Committed relationships carry the lead of pain as well as the gold of joy. If the soul-symbol for a man is the image of woman than what is the woman’s soul-symbol? Continue reading

  • Days 101-105 – The Crushing of Individuality

    In this 11-second video, my fifth grandchild experiences his first bite of solid food & turns up his nose. Then his mom makes him laugh. Will his subconscious record that eating the dislikable can be fun? Society strives to crush… Continue reading

  • Days 94-98 – What We Don’t Know We Know

    Since he is six months old he cannot “know” that the little girl is his big sister, that the woman taking the picture is his mother & that his mother has cancer (we seek prayers.) And yet he DOES seem… Continue reading

  • Days 90-91 Within the Shelter of Great Belonging

      Prayer All-powerful God,  You are present in the whole Universe and in the smallest of your creatures. You embrace with your tenderness all that exists. Pour out upon us the power of your love, that we may protect life and beauty. Fill us… Continue reading