Journal of Sacred Work

Erie Chapman Foundation

  • Days 57-58 THE RIDDLE OF HERE | WORDS by Nic Askew

    Photo by ~liz: Dawn in the town of Flores, the Peten Guatemala, Feb. 2011 We're looking. For something so simple. So simple, that we can't hold it inour hands. Or in our heads. So we look to him. To her.To… Continue reading

  • Days 50-51 How do I Greet This Day?

    As some of you may be aware, my colleagues and I recently went on a pilgrimage to Guatemala. Each morning when we met for breakfast,  someone would read a passage from Genesis 1. Then before  setting off for the day… Continue reading

  • Days 36-37 The Compass of Your Soul

    Photo compliments pf : www.panhala.net/Archive/Index.html  For the Traveler   Every time you leave home, Another road takes you Into a world you were never in.   New strangers on other paths await. New places that have never seen you Will… Continue reading

  • Days 29-30 Be Brave My Love

    "Sometimes we try to hold on to things that God himself is trying to tear apart."  (shared by Xavier Espinosa)  Rest in God, Mandala by ~liz  Rev. Erie Chapman recently highlighted this quote by, W.A. Mathieu, "I think we basically… Continue reading

  • Days 22-23 BEcome Informed

    Health Reform Hits Main Street I’ve heard it said that the Health Care Reform bill is over 1000 pages, and it is so cumbersome that no one has read it. The following video clip is a fabulous alternative to reading… Continue reading

  • Day 15-16 Inner Landscape

    “Our bodies are mere outlines of a vast and complex interior world, a landscape of contradiction and immense mystery.”~ Krista Tippett   Recently,  a friend  shared John Cage's mesmerizing piano piece ''In a landscape''. It reminded me of John O'Donohue’s… Continue reading

  • Days 8 & 9 Healing Within

                                                                                                                                                                 Internet image The light of divine love longs to shine through every beingopen your heart and welcome that presenceto rise like the sun within you ~Anon Healing is restorative in nature and the body’s ability to heal is… Continue reading

  • Days 352-353 Moments of Grace

     “Sometimes, when I find myself in the grayness of life, beauty may arise as a startling Grace.” ~Candace Nagle The above words written by Journal contributor Candace Nagle resonate, don't they?  She goes on to say, “It can be in… Continue reading

  • Days 345-346 Evolving Hope

    This week I have been listening to a series of talks called, "Evolutionary Christianity." These concepts shared are fascinating to me,  some stretch me from my comfort zone and others are profoundly moving. What I find hopeful is this idea… Continue reading

  • Days 338-339 Healing Prayer

    “To be a saint is to be true to your self.” -Thomas Merton    Psalm 27   Love is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? Love is the strength of my life, Of whom shall I be… Continue reading