Erie Chapman
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Day 60-62 – Transcendence
Perhaps today is an opportunity to share more your experiences as a caregiver with the beauty you see each day. Continue reading
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Day 59 – The Sacred in the Ordinary
Sacredness is created by what we bring to the encounter. Invite Love to join you on your next encounter and you will see what beauty Love can bring. Continue reading
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Day 58 – Finding Our Way to Faith
Great caregivers understand that those among us who are healed are not necessarily those who are cured. Instead, they are the ones among us have found a transcendent faith. Continue reading
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Day 57 – Living Love in the Presence of Apathy
It is very clear that the great caregivers are consistently in touch with God’s Love. This does NOT necessarily mean that they are religious. To the distress of some clergy, religion is not a requirement for deep spirituality. What the… Continue reading
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Day 56 – Firing Fear
It’s hard to understand why some leaders who claim to be mission-driven seem to have so much difficulty understanding this. Ambush terminations can smack of leaders who are more power-hungry than mission driven. When leaders become truly in touch with… Continue reading
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Day 52 – The Value of Insecurity
Best of all, in my experience, is to find a way to laugh. Humor in the middle of a tense or humiliating moment, whether it comes from a President, a surgeon, or a first line caregiver, is a powerful tonic. Continue reading
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Day 50 – Love’s Mavericks
Every loving culture needs to respect the presence of its mavericks. Those that do are nurturing the garden of Loving Care. Continue reading
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Day 49 – Love’s Ideal
Love, remarkably, does not discriminate. She opens her arms to embrace the most unlovable-seeming among us as warmly as she does laughing babies. Her stream of kindness extends even to those of us who idealize her and yearn for her… Continue reading
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Day 45 – A Valentine’s Day Prayer
The gifts of Love are the only ones that matter. These gifts are great, endless & the reason for our lives. Today, like every day, caregivers send loving gifts out not only to their families, but to their patients Continue reading
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Day 44 – Healing Hospital CEO of the Year
It’s an honor to be able to recognize Dr. George Mikitarian, President & CEO of Parrish Medical Center, as our first Healing Hospital CEO of the Year for 2007. Continue reading
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