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: August 2018
“Continual Renewal” – The Renovare Way to Discipleship (Part 1)
You would think I would remember the exact year during which my spiritual life totally changed! But I only know that sometime in the late 80’s or early 90’s, I read Celebration of Disciplines (which celebrates its 40th birthday this … Continue reading
“Nosey Neighbors”
You may have read my post entitled “Instead“published on August 8 or a guest “Learning from ‘Strangers’ Among Us.” on August 15 which responds to “Instead” by sharing a story about learning from refugees and immigrants. On August 22, I … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, helping others, immigrants
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Bags Full of Hope
You may have read my post entitled “Instead“published on August 8 or a guest post “Learning from ‘Strangers’ Among Us.” on August 15 which responds to “Instead” by sharing a story about learning from refugees and immigrants. Today I’d like to share … Continue reading
Becoming Open
I checked the stats just now; this blog now hosts 770 posts. The following post was first published on Nov. 20, 2012. Its encouragement to be open to people who are different from us badly needed in 2018. In the book … Continue reading
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Tagged Beatitudes, diversity, mentoring, valuing differences
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Lessons from the “Strangers” among Us
You may have read my post entitled “Instead”published on August 8. My “kindred spirit” Barbara Sibley who lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, responded to that post by com- menting that “hanging out” with members of an immigrant community near her … Continue reading
Going Deeper with God: “Training Up” Disciples (Proverbs 22: 6)
In Eat this Book, Eugene Peterson 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 this passage … Continue reading
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Tagged As Kingfishers Catch Fire, discipleship, Eugene Peterson, Proverbs 22: 6, training to be like Jesus
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Instead
“Instead is a word of exchange.” (Eugene Peterson) I’ve been musing about this statement for weeks. This is what I have concluded. The word “instead” is a word of change, of choice, of substitution, of purging. It is also a word … Continue reading
From My Reading
“There is nothing wrong with churches wanting to be culturally relevant. But are gimmicks going to bring young people back to church? Is that what people really hunger for? I think the younger generation sees through what is slick and … Continue reading
Posted in Quotes
Tagged Bitten by a Camel, Bread for the Journey, Henri Nouwen, Jonathan Bailey, Kent Dobson, Lou Lotz, Words of Hope
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