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: July 2017
Becoming a Gritty Christian
I’m “back in the saddle again,” co-leading a group studying Breathing Under Water, Spirituality and the Twelve Steps, by Richard Rohr. The lesson this week focused on the life-long process we engage in as we look deeply into our “private … Continue reading
Posted in The 12 Steps and Spiritual Formation
Tagged Becoming like Jesus, discipleship, grit, shadow boxing, shadow self, soul-training exercises, spiritual formation
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Seeing through God’s Eyes
I was enjoying a Hope College Repertory Theater production of Driving Miss Daisy last week when a statement by Hoke, the black chauffeur for a white Jewish woman, made me sit up straighter.He explained to Miss Daisy, “You can’t see what I … Continue reading
My Garden in the Sky
One of my projected sorrows when moving last summer from a manufactured home with a lovely yard to an apartment complex was the loss of my flower gardens. However, that unnecessary anxiety was erased this summer by the beautiful, luxuriant potted plants … Continue reading
Posted in Living as Apprentices
Tagged being happy, gardens, God's love, grace
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The Spaces Between
I removed the glass plate from the microwave to wash it. Since I’m still as spatially challenged as I was the last time I washed it, I hoped that I could put it back without asking my husband to explain … Continue reading
From My Reading
“John, in his wisdom, points out in inspired words, ‘If our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things'(I John 3:20.) This is a gentle but salutary rebuke to our assumption that we know better … Continue reading
Posted in Quotes
Tagged Chris Hall, J.B. Phillips, Renovare, Richard Rohr, Spiritual Classics
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Ordinary Days
As I woke up slowly that morning, coming out of the fog of some dream or another, I puzzled over what day it might be. When I remembered, I thought happily, “Oh, good. It’s just an ordinary day!” And that … Continue reading
Posted in Living as Apprentices
Tagged apprentices of Jesus, extrovert, introvert, Jesus, ordinary days
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