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Powerlessness Case Study
THE TWELVE STEPS AND SPIRITUAL FORMATION My husband woke up cranky today. Maybe it’s because he’s sick. Maybe it’s because he just has a cranky personality. Whatever the reason, he said something very mean. I automatically defaulted immediately to my … Continue reading
Shimmering Possibilities Everywhere
LIVING IN WONDER MOMENTS “Life is to find the holy in the banal; the glorious mundane. The perfect, daily moments of nothing-special that, simply by virtue of noticing them, become possibilities of inherent wonder. The greatest gift I’ve received in the past … Continue reading
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Tagged Interwoven, living in wonder, NPR, Richard Rohr, Robert Rife, Story Corps
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Enough of God to Go Around – Revisited
LIVING AS APPRENTICES I’m working on a book on living our lives as apprentices every day. This week I started a chapter on living with an attitude of abundance. As always, I rooted around among my nearly 250 posts to … Continue reading
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Tagged scarcity and abundance, Stephen R. Covey
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The Tip of the Iceberg
LIVING AS APPRENTICES One lovely August evening, I was sitting on our front steps enjoying the cool breeze when I noticed a family of eight ducks in the pond across the street gathering evening snacks. A few of the more … Continue reading
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Tagged AA, Apprentice of Jesus program, icebergs, prayer of examen, Twelve Steps
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Becoming a Wounded Healer: “Transcend and Include”
LIVING AS APPRENTICES I have been writing about wounded healers in the last few posts. The inimitable Richard Rohr adds this concept to the mix, although he doesn’t connect it to wounded healers: the healing of our wounds involves humility. … Continue reading
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Tagged Richard Rohr, wounded healers
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Ten Thousand Views
LivingasApprentices reached 10,000 views on August 23. (This does not mean 10,000 viewers – most viewers view more than one post when the check out the blog.) Thanks to all of you who have joined the journey of becoming like … Continue reading
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