Journal of Sacred Work

Erie Chapman

  • Days 16-20 “Delivered From Distraction”

    “People with ADD often have a special “feel” for life, a way of seeing right into the heart of matters, while others have to reason their way along methodically.” We need to honor as well as treat people afflicted with… Continue reading

  • Days 9-13 – The Marriage of Love & Need

    This sacred encounter awakens every experience of our personal participation in the marriage of love & need. And it is the body language of these people that most nurtures our sense of the majesty & grace of caregiving. Continue reading

  • Days 365 -1 “Light through a Gap”

    Note: Written by Liz Sorensen Wessel Light through a Gap Light comes through a gap in the curtains:The promise of morning.Light comes through the flaws of our lives:The promise of love. ~ -Modern Prayer from Berlin, Germany We humans are… Continue reading

  • Days 353-357 – The Gifts of Canine Caregivers

    We yearn for unconditional love. Our judgement-free pets offer that. Patients often apologize for their appearance. Canine caregivers require no apology. Continue reading

  • Days 346-350 – Saving A Child

    Yvan was born with a death sentence. His crime? Club feet. American children receive love & treatment. In Yvan’s Ivory Coast village the tradition is to kill “disfigured” children. That was Yvan’s fate until he found a pair of angels. Continue reading

  • Days 339-343 – The House of Surprise

    “The passing world survives only in moments of absolute being…” To find beauty in the image of a woman interrupting the lines of a row of drinking fountains is a gift we can unwrap everyday. Thus, our “ordinary” workplace becomes… Continue reading

  • Days 332-336 Conversations Between Body & Soul

    In the most serene rooms of your heart your soul whispers secrets to you alone. What are the hidden conversations between your soul & body? Our cells replace themselves every seven to ten years. What about the cells of your… Continue reading

  • Days 319-323 Folds of Grace

    Work at any job for ten, twenty or thirty years & it becomes hard to see the elegance around us. When we find it our days breathe meaning. The world harbors dark pain. The world offers startling folds of grace. Continue reading

  • Days 312-316 – A Healing Time & The Power of Catch Phrases

    We condemn sound bites…& we live by them. Consider Beth Ritter-Conn’s ten word phrase, “…healing has to begin where hurt has been the greatest.” Then there are the Apostle John’s three words that changed the world: “God is love.” Continue reading

  • Days 318-323 – “The Divine Blueprint”

    The more variegated & unusual our soul’s blueprint, the more courage it takes to live it. And the more dazzling the result if that courage & that destiny are embraced. Continue reading