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Monthly Archives: September 2014
Our Ripple Effect
LIVING AS APPRENTICES The first major book printed using moveable type was the Gutenberg Bible. Its publication marked the start of a stunning wave of literacy and launched the age of the printed book in the West. However it also had ripple … Continue reading
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Tagged Gutenberg Bible, How We Got to Here, leaving a legacy, PBS, ripple effect, spectacles, Stephen Johnson
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Moment of Wonder in a Train Station
LIVING AS APPRENTICES On Being (the radio show and website) is one of my favorite “growing spaces.” It often contributes to my goal of finding the perfect, daily moments of nothing-special that, simply by virtue of noticing them, become possibilities of … Continue reading
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Tagged Flash mob, Oldest Scandinavian Hymn, On Being
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Powerlessness Case Study
THE TWELVE STEPS AND SPIRITUAL FORMATION My husband woke up cranky today. Maybe it’s because he’s sick. Maybe it’s because he just has a cranky personality. Whatever the reason, he said something very mean. I automatically defaulted immediately to my … Continue reading
Shimmering Possibilities Everywhere
LIVING IN WONDER MOMENTS “Life is to find the holy in the banal; the glorious mundane. The perfect, daily moments of nothing-special that, simply by virtue of noticing them, become possibilities of inherent wonder. The greatest gift I’ve received in the past … Continue reading
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Tagged Interwoven, living in wonder, NPR, Richard Rohr, Robert Rife, Story Corps
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Enough of God to Go Around – Revisited
LIVING AS APPRENTICES I’m working on a book on living our lives as apprentices every day. This week I started a chapter on living with an attitude of abundance. As always, I rooted around among my nearly 250 posts to … Continue reading
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Tagged scarcity and abundance, Stephen R. Covey
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