Journal of Sacred Work

Erie Chapman

  • Day 183 – Beholding

    Things and people are sacred and meaningful because of the way we encounter them. Since we are the ones who bring the meaning, then anything can be meaningful. Any anything may be a vehicle for transcendence Continue reading

  • Day 182 – The Comfort of Fantasy

    Caregivers must know that so many of their patients, especially the older ones, live in other worlds. The current world, with its illnesses and disabilities, is so difficult Continue reading

  • Days 176-177 – What is Real?

    One of the fascinations for caregivers who are present to the dying is the notion of what happens in that split-second when life leaves a human being. It can be a sacred moment for anyone near. Or it can be… Continue reading

  • Day 175 – Summer Solstice

    The real question, of course, is not the length of our days, but how we live them. If we never find our sacred eyes, it doesn’t matter how long the day is because our heart will never notice. Continue reading

  • Day 169 & 170 – Prayers for you…

    Love represents what is good in the world. Our prayers may bring us closer to this field of energy. As we, and those we pray for, draw closer to Love, healing may occur. Continue reading

  • Day 164 – Centered in the Both/And

    “Just because a rose has thorns does not mean that it needs to be fixed! The thorns tell us that all beauty in this creation is to be handled with love, care, attention, and the respect inherent in the present… Continue reading

  • Days 162-163 – The Immovable Center

    Find your immovable center and you can survive anything.  – Joseph Campbell    Does Campbell’s statement ring true for you? Perhaps, in order to find our "immovable center" we need to have experienced things that shake this center to its… Continue reading

  • Day 161 – Summer Sunday on a Monday

    You will know about my Sunday morning if you listen with the white ears of the oak-leaf hydrangea Continue reading

  • Day 156 – 2nd Anniversary

    The truth is that essays on loving care often have trouble finding an audience. Continue reading

  • Day 155 – the Beloved Community

    Caring circles are designed to support not task work but compassion work. King wrote that “something must happen so as to touch the hearts and souls of [people] that they will come together, not because the law says it, but… Continue reading