Erie Chapman
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Potential -The Second Seed- Continued –
There is no more clear incarnation of potential in this world than a new born baby. All of life opens before my granddaughter just as it did for each of us at our births. Continue reading
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The Second Seed of Loving Care – Potential
Because 19 year-old Robert Hawkins couldn’t find a loving purpose in his life, he ended his life, and the lives of eight other innocent people in a murderous rampage through an Omaha mall. “Just think, I’m gonna be famous,” he… Continue reading
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God As Love
The last three words in the Apostle John’s first letter, “God is love,” are, to my mind, among the most important in all of the Bible. John tells us “who” God is. He doesn’t describe God as male or female,… Continue reading
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Halloween & Reformation Day
The anniversary I now like to honor on this date is Reformation Day, which began October 31, 1517 when Martin Luther posted his 95 theses on the door of Wittenberg Cathedral calling for reforms and an end to abuses in… Continue reading
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Love Within
So much of our lives seems to be governed by things from without that we may forget that Love is a force that grows from within each of us. Much is made of life battles between the forces of good… Continue reading
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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
Journal of Sacred Work 