Karen Bables
Welcome to my blog about living as apprentices of Jesus! I am passionate about spiritual transformation and about helping others become like Jesus for the sake of others.
One of my 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"). I pray that the words and sentences on this blog may also serve as "containers of grace" for its readers.
I ordinarily post on Wednesdays and Saturdays and welcome your comments on any post!
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Monthly Archives: January 2016
Choices – The Weight of a Single Choice – Guest Blog
For the next few months, this blog will occasionally look at the concept of choice. It is true that “Life is a sum of all your choices.” But do we even realize that every response involves a choice, that we … Continue reading
Posted in Choices
Tagged choices, Hungarian Reformed Church, shooting in San Bernadino, Viktor Frankl
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Going Deeper with God – Looking Backwards
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 Christian fathers and mothers called this process Lectio Divina. This story about Moses from Exodus … Continue reading
Posted in Going Deeper with God
Tagged afterward-ness, cleft in the rock, Exodus 33, Fr, God's backside, Moses, Richard Rohr
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2016, Crossing the Threshold – Editing our Lives
We have crossed the threshold from 2015 to 2016. We are on the brink, at the dawn, on the verge of a new year. As singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer says, “At a threshold there’s often a moment where what is old … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 - Crossing the Threshold
Tagged Breathing Under Water, Fr. Richard Rohr, John 15: 1-6, living consciously, making 2016 significant, pruning, Spirituality and the Twelve Steps
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Quitting Could be the Best Choice – Guest Blogger, Leslie Herbig
For the next few months, this blog will occasionally look at the concept of choice. It is true that “Life is a sum of all your choices.” But do we even realize that every response involves a choice, that we always have … Continue reading
2016 – Crossing the Threshold, “Count Your Blessings”
We have crossed the threshold from 2015 to 2016. We are on the brink, at the dawn, on the verge of a new year. As singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer says, “At a threshold there’s often a moment where what is old … Continue reading
Who am I When My Body Fails Me – From Dis-ease to Ease
Who Am I When my Body Fails Me? is a question we all need to ask ourselves when injury or illness takes its toll on our lives. How are we different? How are we the same? How do we respond … Continue reading
Posted in Who am I when my Body Fails me?
Tagged dis-ease, Gospel of Matthew, Jesus as healer
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Living as Apprentices 