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 2017
Early Morning Thoughts
. . . from Kayla McClurg, one of my favorite writers: “The world says, try to avoid anything that brings pain or, God forbid, might even make us weep, but Jesus says if we never weep, how will we learn … Continue reading
Going Deeper with God – Our Walking-Around Life ( Romans 12: 1-2)
In Eat this Book, Eugene Peterson teaches us to chew on a passage of scripture, digest it, and put it to use in practical ways. Our Christian fathers and mothers called this process Lectio Divina. In this passage from Romans, Paul encourages us … Continue reading
Posted in Going Deeper with God
Tagged living in a non-Christian culture, Richard Foster, Romans 2: 1-2
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Just Ask a Question!
Today my husband shared a story that Hispanic comedian Gabriel Iglesias, better known as Fluffy, told about his appearance in a country in the Middle East. All of his jokes were falling flat. He looked out at the audience more carefully, … Continue reading
Posted in Living as Apprentices
Tagged assuming the worst about people, Fluffy, Stephen R. Covey, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
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Going Deeper with God – “Look Life in the Face” (Psalm 71: 17-22)
In Eat this Book, Eugene Peterson teaches us to chew on a passage of scripture, digest it and put it to use in practical ways. Our Christian fathers and mothers called this process Lectio Divina. In this passage, the Psalmist encourages us to … Continue reading
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Tagged God's faithfulness, Psalm 71, trusting God
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Journey – Caring – by Guest Blogger Laura Bortner
A journey can be an actual trip or it can be a pathway to spiritual or emotional growth. It can describe the change of a relationship, the sharing or ending of a marriage, the details of a career, the recognition of … Continue reading
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Tagged caregiving, death of parents
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“Let Us Be Dissatisfied!”
On this inauguration day of our 45th president, these words (courtesy of the Inward/Outward website provided by the Church of the Saviour) by Dr. Martin Luther King are as appropriate as they were in 1967. Let us all pray and work … Continue reading
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Tagged "content of our character", Dr. Martin Luther King, inauguration of the 45th president of U.S., Jr., Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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Craving Control
This blog now contains over 580 posts. The post below first appeared on September 8 2014. I am sharing it again because it gets at the crux of what it means to surrender to God, something that is crucial in … Continue reading
To Act Justly – We will Go Deeper in Faith
The Ten Commitments of Resistance in the Trump Era by Wallis, editor of the social justice journal Sojourners, was written to help Christians deal positively with the election of Donald Trump and the principles of his presidency. No matter what side … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine, Jim Wallis, moral compass, Sojourners, white identity
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