Erie Chapman
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Days 135-137 – Our Worth Separate From Our Usefulness
"In solitude, we become aware that our worth is not the same as our usefulness." – Henri Nouwen The fences we construct have a use. A forest glade grows as a natural occurence. It's beauty does not "perform." Yet,… Continue reading
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Days 131-132 – The Woman by the Road – Loving the Enemy Within
…as I hate my enemy, I discover that I am hating myself. – Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 128-130 – Bathing Things in Light
Physical pain intensifies loneliness. Each of us knows this. Continue reading
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Days 124-125 – Stones & Stars
We need to love all out and leave the rest to Providence. Continue reading
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Days 121-123 – Companions to Ourselves
It is God’s Love that allows us self-love. It is God that enables us to be our own best friend. Continue reading
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Days 117-118 – Loving The Vulnerable
“Our primary model of Love flows first from our mothers. When we speak of the “Mother Test” in Radical Loving Care, we address not only the treatment level we want for our mothers when they are hospitalized, but the care… Continue reading
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Days 110-111 – “…Learning to Die?” – The Power of Opposites
The more passionate we choose to be, the more that passion’s fire will both illuminate the holy and burn tears from our eyes. Continue reading
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Days 103-104 – The Scorching Truth
Love recognizes that anger is a child of fear. Continue reading
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Days 100-102 – Clouds of Memory
When we discover we have less time ahead we lean into our past. – Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 96-97 – “Not in Picture”
Like starlight, the energy of a picture may take years to reach us, to reopen some page in our scrapbook of memory. Continue reading
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