Journal of Sacred Work

Terry Chapman

  • Days 322-323 Thanksgiving & Gratitude

    Note: This reflection on Thanksgiving is offered by Terry Chapman "Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse." -Henry Van Dyke Sitting with those… Continue reading

  • Days 251-252 Devotion

    Note: This marvelous Reflection is offered by Terry Chapman  Photo of Shackleton leaving Elephant Island to seek help  Care giving of all kinds can be seen as a loving act, whether it takes place in a hospital, a home, or… Continue reading

  • Days 223-224 Acceptance

    Note: Special thanks to Terry Chapman for offering this meaningful reflection BIRD SPIRITUALITY! Artist James Marsh What can we learn from our winged friends? First, we can learn how to soar above everyday concerns and boredom by honoring our daily… Continue reading

  • Days 169-170 The Nature of Fathering

    Note: special thanks to Terry Chapman for this insightful Father's Day Reflection. If I close my eyes and envision my father from childhood, we are climbing up a steep hill carrying two pairs of black wooden skis; his are normal… Continue reading

  • Days 141-142 Acceptance

    Note: This insightful reflection is offered by Terry Chapman PhD Why, oh why, is it so hard to let things go?  And to let people go?  We will always have them with us in spirit, but as humans, we try… Continue reading

  • Days 127-128 Winds of Fate

    Note: Thanks & appreciation for this special guest reflection by Terry Chapman Photo (All’s Well) courtesy of Endurance photographer and Ernest Shackleton The Winds of FateElla Wheeler Wilcox “One ship sails east and another drives west with the selfsame winds… Continue reading

  • Days 122-126 – Mom’s Ticket to Heaven – in Four Words

    She is not saying she has a ticket, of course. Humble people never make such claims. But she may know how you could acquire yours. She offered her four-word counsel back at her 103rd birthday. “What is your best advice to… Continue reading

  • Days 76-77 Purpose

    Note: We are greatly appreciative to Guest Contributor Terry Chapman for offering this heartening reflection. "Effort and courage are not enough without purpose." John Fitzgerald Kennedy Life’s purpose is to live as fully as we are able: to love fully,… Continue reading

  • Days 27-28 Nature’s Light

    Note: This reflection is by guest contributor, Terry Chapman As I stepped carefully down a steep bank, beside a huge old Oak tree, into the cold waters of the Swift River in western MA, one fine summer day years ago,… Continue reading

  • Days 251-255 – Passions

     The question is not what do you like, but what do you love? Pick a passion & dive deep. Your life’s diamonds cannot be found on the surface. Continue reading