Erie Chapman – Page 8 – Journal of Sacred Work

October 9, 2016

Days 296-300 – The Impossibility of Love

Admire the seekers. Admire the caregivers who risk everything for Love in order to “move this little bit of light toward/ us/ impossibly.” Continue reading

October 3, 2016

Days 288-293 What Caregivers Want in Leaders

If you want positive outcomes engage positive energy. Leaders who practice this, like Chris York, George Mikitarian & Laurie Harting, must be affirmed. Those who do not must be retrained or removed. Continue reading

September 26, 2016

Days 271-275 – Your Book of Now

Some strive to “kill time.” Even in moments of pain why would we ever want to kill the only thing we have? Speed & boredom trample the richness of our moments. Meditation offers a partial solution. The full answer rests… Continue reading

September 18, 2016

Days 264-268 The Rhythm of the Soul

One day the legendary dancer Isadora Duncan (1878-1927) said, “…now I would no longer like to dance to anything but the rhythm of my soul.” She understood that it is in our own best rhythms that we find Love’s embrace. Continue reading

September 17, 2016

DAYS 262-263: The Best Kept Secret

“Death is not an enemy, death lives in paradise. What makes anything precious but that it ends? ” B. J. Miller MD, Hospice and Palliative Care, extraordinary human being. I had the good fortune to listen to Dr. Miller share… Continue reading

September 12, 2016

Days 257-261 – Serenity From The Saints

Poems are prayers, fine photographs are meditations & music is a bed on which to rest the tired heart. I classify great artists as saints. Continue reading

September 5, 2016

Days 250-254 – Resting in Awe

“…everything about the world that seems so drearily predictable is in fact charged with an immense & imponderable mystery.” Continue reading

September 2, 2016

Days: 248-249 Small Things

Note: This narrative is offered by Liz Sorensen Wesssel She was born in 1919, as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Macedonia. In her eighth year, her father died mysteriously and rumor has it that he was poisoned by political foes.… Continue reading

August 29, 2016

Days 243-247 – The Sacred Pulse

Amid life’s darker drum beats we can lift up the music of love & thus quicken the sacred pulse of God in our world. Continue reading

August 21, 2016

Days 236-240 – A Quiet Presence

Molly Chapman’s life has become a ministry by example. Her presence to others is a testament to elegance & grace & a sermon on constant kindness. Continue reading