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Me, My Mom, and the Music
Today was supposed to be “LAWN MOWING DAY!” However, nature is not cooperating and my very long grass is too wet to cut. So I cast around wondering what to do and decided to re-organize my kitchen pantry and shelves. … Continue reading
Posted in Karen's journey
Tagged Beat the Clock, Carousel, Eddie Fisher, mother-daughter relationships
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The Power of Now – Thoughts from Richard Rohr
This reflection from Richard Rohr is deeply packed with how/why we are to grab on to “Now.” I am such a creature of time that “now” is usually gone before I notice it or arrives with projections I have placed on it long ago … Continue reading
Posted in Living as Apprentices
Tagged Power of Now, Richard Rohr, The Sacrament of the Present Moment
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My 100th Blog!
This post is my 100th blog! I toot my own horn because when I started, I wasn’t sure I would get past 10! I began this blog in September as a project for a class on Writing Beyond the Sermon at Western Theological … Continue reading
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The Wisdom of Brennan Manning
This morning, I was searching for the author of the quote “Evangelism is just one beggar telling another where to find bread.” I had attributed it to “someone” in my Breathing Under Water – Part 10 post yesterday, and I … Continue reading
Breathing Under Water – part 10
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood [God], praying only for knowledge of [God’s] will for us and the … Continue reading
The Spirit in Our Life
“Have we ever kept quiet, even though we wanted to defend ourselves when we had been unfairly treated? Have we ever forgiven someone even though we got no thanks? Have we ever been absolutely lonely? Have we ever tried to … Continue reading
Contemplation and Social Justice
A quote for today from Joan Chittister: “Contemplation is a very dangerous activity. It not only brings us face to face with God. It brings us, as well, face to face with the world, face to face with the self. And … Continue reading
Posted in From My Reading..., Living as Apprentices
Tagged Joan Chittister, Mary Darling, Richard Rohr, Tony Campolo
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“Make the history you want to live in”
Today on the NPR program Morning Edition, historian Charles Emerson was discussing his new book 1913. He made a comment that literally stopped me in my tracks to reach for a pen and paper: “Make the history you want to live in.” Making … Continue reading
Posted in Karen's journey, Living as Apprentices
Tagged Charles Emerson, Dallas Willard, Morning Edition
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