Journal of Sacred Work

Erie Chapman Foundation

  • 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

  • Days 333-334: Circles

    The spirituality of the circle Continue reading

  • Days 320-321 The Uneven Places is Where You Can Find Me

    Bridges of the Soul Continue reading

  • Days 312-313 (In)significance: Not Everyone Knows My Name

     "Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it."–Mahatma Gandhi  I was just a child when I first realized that someday I would die. I could not fathom how the world could possibly go… Continue reading

  • Days 291-292 She Sweeps with Many Colored Brooms By ~Emily Dickinson

                                                                                                                                                                  Watercolor by ~liz    She Sweeps with Many Colored Brooms    SHE sweeps with many-colored brooms, And leaves the shreds behind; Oh, housewife in the evening west, Come back, and dust the pond! You dropped a purple ravelling… Continue reading

  • Days 270-271 Need Some Inspiration?

      “All arts are derived from the breath that God breathed into the human body.”                          ~Hildegard of Bingen, 12th-century mystic                                                          … Continue reading