Erie Chapman
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Avoiding Love
We can be companions to those in pain. Our presence alone brings relief. For loving presence signals to the other that they do not suffer alone. Continue reading
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Presence Beyond Our Senses
Amid all of this, Helen Keller, deprived of sight and hearing, calls out to us to understand that the most important truths of life live beyond our senses. We know what she means. She is talking about Love. Continue reading
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A Good Death
When it’s time to make our exit, the touch of life we received from God can now be matched by hands of love from hospice caregivers supporting us in our last days. Continue reading
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Writing History
The best way we can really honor our heritage is to build the present and the future on a new foundation of tolerance and Love. When that happens, we will truly be able to say that a new America has… Continue reading
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Love’s Genius
she answered with the genius of a true Lover: “I wish I could dine with my patients. That’s what I would change. Instead, I have to feed them and then take my lunch hour elsewhere. I wish I could spend… Continue reading
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Relearning Loveliness
You were beautiful at your birth. And you are beautiful still. Yet, there is a good chance to have forgotten how lovely you are. Continue reading
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The Dark Night – A Spiritual Exercise
It seems certain that you are on one of these paths yourself. 1. Are you walking in the direction you believe is best? 2. If you wanted to change your pathway, how would you do that? 3. When will you… Continue reading
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The Space Between Us
Radical loving care shapes this kind of experience for human beings in need. If only we could carry this gift beyond patients and extend it to all we know. If only we could close that vital space that separates us… Continue reading
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Interruption & Presence
We may only hope that angels may yet save us from the all-to-frequent interruption of the unnecessary phone call jangling its way into our lives. Continue reading
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Anniversaries
Loving caregivers never underestimate the power of the will in healing. Continue reading
Journal of Sacred Work 