Reverend Erie Chapman
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How You React to your Act: Days 245-249
How do we react to our acts? Is courage & contrition & persistence enough? What about God’s Love? Continue reading
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Days 20-24 – Fireside Prayers
You are invited to a party you may rarely attend – a party where you still-dance reflections to the flutter of fireplace flames. In the hospital or hospice where you work lie acutely ill patients whose moments of silence may… Continue reading
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Days 258-262 – Delight & Mystery
Love holds us as close as we allow. She is Mystery & Delight – ready to wrap us in her veil of joy. The only question is whether we will accept her gentle invitation. Continue reading
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Days 166-170 – Love Is Stronger Than Death
Can a union of love become so radical that it outlives earthly existence? One Episcopal priest says, Yes. Continue reading
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Days 65-69 – Are Hospitals “Churches”?
Healing thrives when caregivers enter hospitals with the same reverence as they do churches. “There is no way that medical care can be limited to the body and be good medicine.” – Professor Stanley Hauerwas Continue reading
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Days 4-8 – “Is God Blue?”
“Is God blue?” Listen sincerely, rather than dismissively, to recently born people & they will offer glimpses of genius. Continue reading
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Days 305-309 – Is Being Good Enough?
Many might think that all ordained ministers would argue that religion is required for admission to heaven. Not this one. Continue reading
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Days 267-271 – The Courage to Live…and to Die?
On July 21, 2015, Gill Pharaoh, a healthy & happy retired nurse entered a Swiss clinic & voluntarily received a life-ending drug. Why? Continue reading
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Days 253-257 – Where is Our Soul?
Any science teacher can explain why a double rainbow occurs. None can explain why such sights (including the way the car shape mimics the rainbows) move the soul. When my youngest grandson saw these twin rainbows he said, “That means… Continue reading
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Journal Days 292-296 – Secret Closets
What secrets hide in your closet?…Love teaches tolerance. It is a hard & crucial lesson. Continue reading
Journal of Sacred Work 