Reverend Erie Chapman
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Days 226-227 The Hidden Treasure in Broken Relationships
Fear traps us in shadows. Love can always light our path to another way of seeing. It is only Love that can help us rediscover and honor the hidden treasure that each of our valued relationships once held. Continue reading
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Days 222-223 – In Touch
Our society imposes many boundaries around what is “appropriate” contact. Within these boundaries, the best caregivers know that one of the most powerful tools they have is not a needle or a blood pressure cuff. Their finest gifts often come… Continue reading
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Days 219-221 – Particular Losses
Our ideas and creations mean a lot. But, they pale in comparison to the meaning of the kind acts we do for others – whether remembered or not. Continue reading
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Days 205-207 – The Humility of Water
O’Donohue reminds us of the water “takes the shape of whatever otherness holds it.” As he tells us this is humility. – Reverend Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 201-202 – A Golden Wing From God’s Heart…
“The food of love comes as acts of love. Kindness and compassion lend sacredness to sexual encounters just as caring and sensitivity nurture the physical care we give to the sick. We yearn for love in the same way we… Continue reading
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Days 177-179 – The Funny Front Desk
“A hospital front desk is a place for greetings and the provision of information, but it can also be a place where unusual questions arise.” – Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 163-165 The Future of Loving Care
Those who have begun to devalue the role of Love in our technology-driven society may do well to recall that technology is not the reason for living. Love is. Continue reading
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Days 142-144 – Love is in the Details
To hear the heart of another, we must fall silent. Continue reading
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Days 114-116 – After Easter
On Easter, and every day thereafter, healing for all lies in the resurrection of one. Continue reading
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Days 107-109 – A Never-Before April
I am remembering what I knew as a baby & forgot until Love dazzled me on the stairs & I saw the earth’s center opening towards April. Continue reading
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