Monthly Archives: February 2019

Bouncing Back – Resilience

Posted on February 27, 2019 by livingasapprentices

For the last month my husband has been critically ill.  I have become a nurse.  Wellness is not only the main topic in our home, it has become the main topic of most e-mails and phone calls from family and … Continue reading →

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“Jesus says: ‘You have a home . . . I am your home . . . claim me as your home . . . you will find it to be the intimate place where I have found my home . … Continue reading →

Posted on February 23, 2019 by livingasapprentices | 4 Comments

Overcoming Spiritual Withdrawal Symptoms

Posted on February 20, 2019 by livingasapprentices

As I struggle with some old narratives (especially “life should be fair)  while caring for my sick husband, I remembered this blog first published on August  6, 2017. It focuses on the importance of dealing with residual emotions when we … Continue reading →

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Transformed Lives Transforming Our World in 2019 -Becoming Open

Posted on February 16, 2019 by livingasapprentices

I was on the phone by a large window in a hall of the hospital (the only place to get reception), reporting to my sister-in-law on her brother’s condition. After we got all the tests, procedures, doctor’s opinions, and medications … Continue reading →

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The Parable of the Lost Fred

Posted on February 13, 2019 by livingasapprentices

Note:  Recently I was poking around in the archives of this blog and noticed the following blog, published on January 21, 2013. I re-posted it again on   August 9, 2014. Now my husband is again seriously ill, and I’m realizing … Continue reading →

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Transformed Lives Transforming the World 2019 -Making Everything New

Posted on February 9, 2019 by livingasapprentices

“We must learn to live each day, each hour, yes, each minute as a new beginning, as a unique opportunity to make everything new. Imagine that we could live each moment as a moment pregnant with new life. Imagine that … Continue reading →

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From My Reading

Posted on February 6, 2019 by livingasapprentices

NOTE:  I am spending my days and nights in the hospital with my husband who is extremely ill.  For now my words are deep inside, so I share with you the words of others who have deepened  my spiritual journey … Continue reading →

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A Dream Deferred – The Story of “Pat King’s Family”

Posted on February 2, 2019 by livingasapprentices

We all have dreams – work we want to do, influence we’d like to have, places we’d love to see, children we’d love to raise, people we’d like to meet . . .  Sometimes these dreams come true; sometimes they … Continue reading →

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