Author Archives: livingasapprentices

If We Just Smile at Each Other

Posted on April 24, 2021 by livingasapprentices

This story about a hot summer day in the park with my husband (who died in October) was first published on July 7, 2018. I’m glad I found it again because it is a lovely memory and a great lesson … Continue reading →

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From My Reading – April

Posted on April 17, 2021 by livingasapprentices

  “What I began to see was that the Bible is not essentially, as I had always more or less supposed, a book of ethical principles, of moral exhortations, of cautionary tales about exemplary people, of uplifting thoughts—in fact, not … Continue reading →

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On Death and Resurrection

Posted on April 4, 2021 by livingasapprentices

On Monday morning, October 5, I went into my husband’s bedroom to remind him that I had a Zoom call with my spiritual formation group and asked him if he wanted breakfast.  He shook his head no. I told him … Continue reading →

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Easter Sunday, 1945

Posted on April 2, 2021 by livingasapprentices

Some time ago I watched a moving episode of NCIS. One of the story lines on this episode saw Leroy Jethro Gibbs, the “Boss” of the unit,  commandeered by his aging father to visit a dying WWII vet who had saved … Continue reading →

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Sharing Our Hope

Posted on March 30, 2021 by livingasapprentices

Many years ago, I served on a statewide volunteer adult literacy board. Jim (not his real name), a business owner, was also on the board. He was controlling and sometimes rude, verging on crude, and I tried to stay out of … Continue reading →

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Lent 2021: Not What We Give Up But What We Live For – Part 4, Selfless Love

Posted on March 26, 2021 by livingasapprentices

“This Lent needs to be not what you will give up, but what you will live for. Not how you might demonstrate your piety, but how you might live in true obedience to God. Not what you will prove, but … Continue reading →

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Lent 2021: Not What We Give Up But What We Live For – Part 3, Tender Mercy

Posted on March 23, 2021 by livingasapprentices

“This Lent needs to be not what you will give up, but what you will live for. Not how you might demonstrate your piety, but how you might live in true obedience to God. Not what you will prove, but … Continue reading →

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Lent 2021: Not What We Will Give Up, But What We Will Live For – Part 2, Active Compassion

Posted on March 19, 2021 by livingasapprentices

“Lent needs to be not what you will give up, but what you will live for. Not how you might demonstrate your piety, but how you might live in true obedience to God. Not what you will prove, but what … Continue reading →

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