Erie Chapman
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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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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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