Journal of Sacred Work

Erie Chapman

  • Day 154

    caregivers can shed tears whenever the situation calls for it, if they receive from their work settings the kind of caring circle group support we advance as part of the work of Radical Loving Care. Continue reading

  • Day 150 – Mindful Again

    Mindfulness is love that resists distraction (italics added). It is a staunch refusal to fall into absentmindedness. It is focused, sustained attention toward the beloved. Continue reading

  • Day 148 – The Humanity in PTSD

    Doctors, chaplains and ethicists have begun to publicly recognize the Love in humanity that lives in soldiers suffering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Continue reading

  • Day 147 – Remembering Maria

    Maria is the kind of caregiver we all want to remember on this Memorial Day. Her life can serve to represent, for all of us, the lives of every caregiver ever killed seeking to heal others in the midst of… Continue reading

  • Day 142 – Telling the Truth

    Sensitivity to the world means we are continually at risking the bruises that come when our hearts are open. I don’t have an easy answer to this challenge. Perhaps, we are all too interested in having our cake and eating… Continue reading

  • Day 141 – Compassionate Communication :-)

    Compassionate communication is a core element in the practice of Radical Loving Care. How do we want to be heard? How are we doing hearing others? The answers to these quesitons are part of the practice of Living Love. Continue reading

  • Day 140 – Presence to Still Life

    Every museum holds paintings that frame the beauty that lives in ordinary homes. We call this paintings still lifes. These images help us pay attention to the everyday scenes that populate our own lives. Continue reading

  • Day 135 – Uncommon Love

    So many of us think that Love is obvious. So many believe that we all agree about the need for Love and no one will get in the way of its expression. Military leaders in the country of Myanmar (aka… Continue reading

  • Day 134 – Spring Flowers of Love

    Flowers appear as great gifts. Their beauty is freely available to anyone whose heart is open. Continue reading

  • Day 133 – Discovering Ubuntu

    In the middle of our caregiving work, the wisdom of Ubuntu is a light that shines from a continent that used to be referred to as “darkest Africa.” Love brings light wherever life affirms her. Continue reading