Erie Chapman
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Day 43 – Top Ten Healing Hospitals – 2007 List
Where do you find Radical Loving Care of the kind we write about regularly in the Journal? The staff of the Baptist Healing Trust is pleased to announce ten health care organizations that have been named to our Healing Hospital… Continue reading
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Day 42 – Why Change is Necessary & Painful
When we fix our eyes on Love and understand the importance of Love as a purposeful goal, the pain of change becomes no more than a side effect. Continue reading
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Day 37 – Love That Frees Us
Love is the only thing that can free us, but only if we are willing to be free. I used to think that everyone wanted to be free. It turns out this is not true. Freedom may feel like a… Continue reading
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Days 35 & 36 – The Heart’s Affections
When you hear a Keats’ quote lfrom a physician, you know you have encountered a caregiver with a true Servant’s Heart. Whenever I visit Dr. Keith Hagan, whether as his patient, as a friend, or as a fellow board member,… Continue reading
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Day 31 – Perpetual Beginnings
As monotonous as some tasks seem, each time we do one of them we are doing that thing for the first time. The nurse, the surgeon, and the social worker interviewing her fifth client of the day would all do… Continue reading
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Day 30 – Changing Energy & A Gift From Whyte
In so many ways, we are how we feel at this moment. Our history is stored within us in every cell of our body. Our body may well remember what our mind does not and vice versa. But, our persona… Continue reading
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Day 28 – Self Compassion vs. Self Pity
The greater truth is that all of us are both suffering and filled with the potential for joy. When we feel kicked around by the world, it’s natural to retreat to the closest thing we can find to our mother’s… Continue reading
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Day 24 – Hinduism & Love
Although the practices of Hinduism may look very different from Christian, Islam, or Judaism, what matters is that this ancient faith is grounded in living Love. This sounds like a faith worth admiring rather than condemning. Isn’t this part of… Continue reading
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Day 23 – Loving Purpose – A Must-See Movie for Caregivers!
When is the last time a movie changed the way you look at life? That’s what the promotional language for the best film of the year says. They’re right. If The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is showing at any… Continue reading
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Day 22 – Our Legacies
Recognizing that legacies are sometimes about our egos, how would you like to be remembered? There’s an old saying that we are not recalled for what we did but for how we made people feel? If this is true, how… Continue reading
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