Journal of Sacred Work

Erie Chapman Foundation

  • Days 140-141 For Solitude

        For Solitude By John O’Donohue May you recognize in your life the presence, power, and light of your soul. May you realize that you are never alone, that your soul in its brightness and belonging connects you intimately… Continue reading

  • Days 133-134 Love and Fear

      There are only two feelings: love and fear. There are only two languages: love and fear. There are only two activities: love and fear. There are only two motives, two procedures, two frameworks, two results: love and fear. Love… Continue reading

  • Days 126-127 Caretakers of Wonder

    Mother’s Day Reflections, 2011 Continue reading

  • Days 119-120 Finding Calm amidst Chaos

    The importance of self-care Continue reading

  • Days 112-113 An Easter Greeting from the Ministry of the Arts

    i thank You God for most this amazing day:  for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes (i who have died am… Continue reading

  • Days 105-106 What If ?

    “We crave truth tellers. We crave real truth. There is so much boloney all the time. What matters is an under girding truth that I think is the power of poetry.” ~Elizabeth Alexander  What is our truth? Our story, yet… Continue reading

  • Days 98-99 God is Painting

    After all, "Who doesn't like poems." ~Ms. Emily Irby    Photo by Frank Kee, Tehachapi, CA 3/20o5 Amid the chaos and the noise, spring blossoms in fragrant remembrance, awakens new life, sings with heart. Daylight lingers hoping we might take… Continue reading

  • Day 84-85 One Hundred Thousand Welcomes

    “The essence of our lives is how we receive the stranger at the threshold … who is about to become a friend… and it is going to change you.”~Noirin Ni Riain  On a recent sojourn, I discovered the charm of… Continue reading

  • Days 77-78 In the Shelter of Each Other

     "It is in the shelter of each other that the people live." Irish Proverb My grandmother, Catherine Carter, left her homeland of Ireland at the young age of seventeen. She set sail for America seeking adventure with a burning desire… Continue reading

  • Days 71-72 Presents

    Presents I give you an emptiness I give you a plentitude unwrap them carefully. -one's as fragile as the other- and when you thank me I'll pretend not to notice the doubt in your voice when you say theyr'e just… Continue reading