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“Live the Life I Sing About in my Song”
LIVING AS APPRENTICES In a blog on the Inward Outward website, Kayla McClurg of The Church of the Saviour says, “We tend to make [Jesus] into a paper-thin replica of our ideas of “holy” rather than let him be the … Continue reading
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Tagged "I'm Gonna Life the Life I Sing about in my Song", Mahalia Jackson, Thomas Andrew Dorsey
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Paddington Bear
LIVING AS APPRENTICES You and your spouse and two children (a 10-year-old and a teen-ager) are dragging yourselves through the train station after a much-dreamed-about but unsatisfying vacation when you are greeted by a scruffy 3′ 6″ bear wearing a … Continue reading
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Today we are reminded of the life and work of Martin Luther King and many other courageous men and women who fought, non-violently, against discrimination and injustice and for the right of all people to live in the reality of … Continue reading
A Lesson from the Civil Rights Movement
LIVING AS APPRENTICES January 19 is the celebration of Martin Luther King’s Birthday. The powerful movie Selma has been released. And February will be Black History month in America. With this backdrop, I listened today, spellbound, to an interview with John … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil rights movement, John Lewis, nonviolent demonstrations, SNCC, spiritual formation
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Hope is Contagious
The following poem by Denise Levertov is one of several occasional posts in 2015 focusing on the fact that “hope changes everything.” The poem helps us understand that hope is contagious – as is pessimism. Understanding that fact, 0ur mission as … Continue reading
“A Human Behind Every Face”
LIVING AS APPRENTICES I was so moved by a column written by Charita Goshay of the Canton (Ohio Repository) who writes for Gateway News Services that I can’t help but share a portion of it. It appeared in the January … Continue reading
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Tagged Charita Goshay, Holland Sentinel, Jesus, judgmentalism, Mother Theresa
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Both/And
LIVING AS APPRENTICES What do we need in order to live creatively and meaningfully on this earth as Apprentices of Jesus? Two of my favorite spiritual thinkers have spoken from very different perspectives on one important character trait we need: … Continue reading
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