Erie Chapman Foundation
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Days 85-89 – The World’s Most Harmful Word
Could a dose of positivity be as helpful as 5mg of Valium for a patient or 100mg of caffeine for a caregiver? Skeptics should consider the new scientific evidence.Yes & No are ways of thinking. It takes five doses of… Continue reading
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Days 83-84 Where God Dwells
"Prayer is the bridge between our conscious and unconscious lives. Often there is a large abyss between our thoughts, words, and actions, and the many images that emerge in our daydreams and night dreams.To pray is to connect these… Continue reading
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Days 71-75 – Noon in Eternity – Old Cures for New Pain
Where attention goes, energy flows. Pain is a petulant child. It thrives on attention. The more we give it the louder it shrieks. Continue reading
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Days 69-70 We’ve been hoodwinked!
Our mothers (or your grandma ma) could not wait to try out modern inventions like a washing machine & dryer or dishwasher. Oh, the time it will save! You will be able to kick back, soak up the sun and… Continue reading
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Days 64-68 – Self Dreams
God’s protection can feel tenuous when we are nailed to the cross of a hospital bed or suffering torture in prisons where love ends & evil begins. LIfe’s waterfall shines with fire as well as light. The handless clock of… Continue reading
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Days 62-63 Hope
To All Caregivers Far and Wide, May you come to see your life as a quiet sacrament of service, which awakens around you a rhythm where doubt gives way to the grace of wonder, where what is awkward and strained… Continue reading
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Days 57-61 – First Leaf
The appearance of a Sweet Bay leaf in February is a symbol of a southern joy – early springs. Below her new green body lifeless remnants of last autumn litter the ivy. Hospitals are homes of both first &… Continue reading
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Days 55-56 It’s A Sin to Kill A Mockingbird
Two sticks of gum, a ball of twine, an old school medal, a pocket watch, and two soap carvings of a curious boy and girl. All mysterious treasures left and meant to be found in the knothole of a grand… Continue reading
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Days 50-54 – The Curse of the Radar Dodgers
“Radar dodgers are below average employees who seek to save their job by avoiding responsibility & blaming others. Patients want & deserve excellence. Continue reading
Journal of Sacred Work 