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One of Karen's favorite quotes is: "Whatever job we get and whatever task we are assigned can serve as a container for grace" (Eugene Peterson in "Practical Resurrection"). We pray that the words and sentences on this blog may also serve as "containers of grace" for its readers.
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Monthly Archives: October 2015
“Not a Plan but a Posture” – Final Post for Live your Calling
Most Christians put great thought and energy into determining what our “call” might be. Ryan Pemberton makes a helpful distinction between God’s call on our lives and our personal calling: “Christian calling means being called by the living, resurrected Christ … Continue reading
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Tagged Called, Called: My Journey to C.S. Lewis' House and Back Again, Enabling, Let Your Life Speak, On Being, Parker Palmer, Ryan Pemberton
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Going Deeper with God – Ephesians 5: 18-20
Eugene Peterson’s book Eat this Book teaches us to chew on a passage of scripture, digest it, and then put it to use in practical ways. Our early Christian fathers and mothers called this process Lectio Divina. In these verses from … Continue reading
“Composing A Life “
In 1989, Mary Catherine Bateson (daughter of anthropologists Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson) wrote a book titled Composing a Life. Among other things, Bateson proposes that life is not a straightforward path, but more like an “improvisatory art.” As explanation, she … Continue reading
The Vocabulary of Spiritual Growth
Recently, as a birthday gift, my son took me to a lecture by David Brooks, New York Times columnist, commentator on PBS News Hour and Meet the Press, and author of The Road to Character. One of Brooks’ major themes … Continue reading
Being with the Elderly – Part 6 of Live Your Calling, by Kathleen Coveny, Guest Blogger
Deciphering my calling for my life has been difficult for most of my years. My heart’s desire to be a teacher was unobtainable, but I carried that desire into my own family doing many things with my children and eventually working … Continue reading
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Living as Apprentices 