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October Thoughts

Posted on October 2, 2023 by livingasapprentices

It is October, a fairly consequential month in my life.  October 3 marks the 3rd anniversary of my husband’s death. October 4 will by my 81st birthday. October 5 is my second experience of  my third version of treatment for … Continue reading →

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From My Reading – September

Posted on September 8, 2023 by livingasapprentices

“When we view the everyday as an opportunity rather than a drudgery to make it through, we have already succeeded our everydays, and when such a practice becomes habituated, more extraordinary moments are savored each and every day” (Shannon Ables). … Continue reading →

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From My Reading – August

Posted on August 15, 2023 by livingasapprentices

“The beginning is always today” (Mary Wollstonecraft). ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦ “Hope makes room for love in the world. We can all share it, we can all believe in it, even if we are radically different in every other … Continue reading →

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From My Reading – July

Posted on July 4, 2023 by livingasapprentices

“The beginning is always today” (Mary Wollstonecraft). ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦  ♦ “Hope makes room for love in the world. We can all share it, we can all believe in it, even if we are radically different in every other … Continue reading →

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From My Reading – June

Posted on June 10, 2023 by livingasapprentices

“In his prayer for the church in John 17 Jesus seems to say that the church’s whole project of communicating the love of God to the world hangs on believers being one, not just in our invisible unity while visibly … Continue reading →

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From My Reading – May

Posted on May 12, 2023 by livingasapprentices

“The way of the cross looks like failure. In fact, we could say that Christianity is about how to win by losing, how to let go creatively, how the only real ascent is descent. We need to be more concerned with … Continue reading →

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Sing a New Song

Posted on May 4, 2023 by livingasapprentices

“The old song of my spirit has wearied itself out.  It has long ago been learned by heart so that now it repeats itself over and over, bringing no added joy to my days or lift to my spirit. It … Continue reading →

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From My Reading – April

Posted on April 16, 2023 by livingasapprentices

“For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one’s surrender to a person … Continue reading →

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