Category Archives: From My Reading…

These posts over the years reflect readings that Karen has noted are “my favorite words to live by”.

From My Reading – June

Posted on June 25, 2020 by livingasapprentices

“It’s important to remember that almost everything we receive along the Christian road—   freedom—comes by degree. We don’t get it, we grow into it—like lava layers become ocean islands or infant limbs become sprinting legs. Freedom flourishes inside us as … Continue reading →

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From My Reading – May

Posted on May 18, 2020 by livingasapprentices

“Contemplation helps us discern what is truly important in the largest, most spacious frame of reality and to know what is ours to do in the face of “evil” and injustice. Richard Rohr, Daily Meditation, January 18, 2020) . . … Continue reading →

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From My Reading – March

Posted on March 21, 2020 by livingasapprentices

“By contemplation, we mean the deliberate seeking of God through a willingness to detach from the passing self, the tyranny of emotions, the addiction to self-image, and the false promises of the world. Action, as we are using the word, means … Continue reading →

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From My Reading – February

Posted on February 6, 2020 by livingasapprentices

“The root choice is to trust at all times that God is with you and will give you what you most need. . . . God says to you, “I love you. I am with you. I want to see … Continue reading →

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From My Reading – January

Posted on January 9, 2020 by livingasapprentices

“Our own happiness, our own peace, can never be complete until we find some way of sharing it with people who the way things are now have no happiness and know no peace. Jesus calls us to show this truth … Continue reading →

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From My Reading – December

Posted on December 12, 2019 by livingasapprentices

“Politics—government—does not exist for itself and, if it does, that is precisely when it becomes at least death-dealing if not entirely evil. Nation-states and empires have all “died the death” in the wake of such power run amuck, of such … Continue reading →

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From My Reading – November

Posted on November 8, 2019 by livingasapprentices

“All the great saints in history about whom I have read have been people who were so passionately in love with God that they were completely free to love other people in a deep, affective way, without any strings attached. True … Continue reading →

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From My Reading

Posted on September 27, 2019 by livingasapprentices

My brain is in a fog. My attempt to post on this blog twice a week has dribbled down to no times a week. We are in the midst of a move to a ground level apartment. The fourteen stairs … Continue reading →

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