Erie Chapman
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Day 113 – Cultures of Mediocrity
It may surprise some to know that in cultures of Love, people are not spending their days watching the clock or focusing on how quickly they can get rid of the person in front of them. And they also don’t… Continue reading
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Day 108 – Courage to Be
It takes courage to move beyond convention, compliance, and imitation and truly be who we are called to be. Continue reading
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Days 105 & 106 – Watching God
Yes, we need to perform the rites of everyday life. We also need to surpass those rites of man-made rules when we live Love. We all hear the beat of true life, thumping in the background of the world with… Continue reading
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Day 98 – Hero Worship
We need to find, again, the voice we knew as children and pass it through our adult experience so that it may become real in the world today. Why wait for retirement to start living? Other people need our energy… Continue reading
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Day 92 – Projecting Light or Shadow
I agree with Parker Palmer when he says that “the great insight of our spiritual traditions is that we co-create the world.” And we do this, in part, he says, “by projecting our spirit on it – for better or… Continue reading
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Day 91 – Tasting Sacredness
How do you offer sacredness to others in ways you know are meaningful for them? Or do we even need to know? Some believe the all we need do is engage in continuous acts of kindness. These acts are sufficient… Continue reading
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Day 86 – The Human Heart
The human heart is both fragile and strong. It is vulnerable to wounds and it is capable of the most important actions any person can take toward another. It requires courage to take these actions, the kind of courage that… Continue reading
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Day 85 – The Power of “Climate”
We cannot change people. But we can, as Gandhi so often said, be the change we want to see in the world. We can make our own contribution to the culture of our team, our workplace, and those we serve.… Continue reading
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Day 84 – Skin Deep
Perhaps we may rise above skin deep decision and recognize that, as Maya Angelou says so eloquently, “Love cost all we are/and will ever be/ but it is only love/which will set us free.” Continue reading
Journal of Sacred Work 