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Write on!
Writing as an Act of Faith In anticipation of my first Writing as an Act of Faith group meeting, I began musing on the experiences that have influenced my life as a writer. The first was a semester class at Hope College … Continue reading
Pruning
My Journey The day I have dreaded for years is here. I have the sad task of weeding out my book collection. When we talk about simplicity in Apprentice classes, we suggest that when we buy a tee-shirt or a … Continue reading
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Tagged M Scott Peck, the love of books
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On Being “Radical”
QUOTES Long ago, I was in and out of the church because I didn’t see the “radical” Jesus being preached or followed. I love this definition of radical; it fits the lifestyle of an Apprentice of Jesus, I think: “The … Continue reading
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Tagged being a "Radical Christian" Apprentice of Jesus, Jean Vanier
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On Violins and School Buses
LIVING AS APPRENTICES * The Vieuxtemps Guarneri is a violin that is 273 years old. It recently became the most expensive violin in the world, selling for an estimated $16 million. Its previous owner had kept the violin under his … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Akiko Meyers, Four Seasons, Morning Edition, violin, Vivaldi
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A Shadow Boxing Post Script
Bobby McFerrin, best known to some of us by his rendition of the song Don’t Worry, Be Happy, is a ten-time Grammy award winner, vocal innovator and improviser, world renowned conductor of classical music, and a vocal teacher. He is … Continue reading
Posted in Living as Apprentices, The 12 Steps and Spiritual Formation
Tagged Bobby McFerrin, On Being, shadow boxing, The Good and Beautiful God
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Seeing More Than We See – by Kayla McClurg
LIVING AS APPRENTICES I hope you have experienced the “bright moments” of “getting” more than we understand described below by Kayla McClurg, from The Church of the Saviour, as she writes about Matthew 17: 1-9: “We see more than we … Continue reading
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Partnership
Living as Apprentices Recently I asked members of a class I was teaching to look up the terms symbiosis and synergy as part of their homework because those words were used in the chapter we were studying next. As does any … Continue reading
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Tagged Jesus, symbiosis, synergy, the Holy Spirit, transformation
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