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Category Archives: Karen’s journey
My Love Affair with the Jesuits
LIVING AS APPRENTICES I’ve had a love affair with the Society of Jesuits, a Roman Catholic order of priests and brothers founded 500 years ago by the soldier-turned-mystic, Ignatius of Loyola, since I first learned about Ignatius and the Spiritual Exercises. It … Continue reading
Hanging on to the Holy days
MY JOURNEY Today is Thanksgiving Day in America – a celebration that was hard to hang onto because from all sides I am being pushed into Christmas consumerism. But I just finished writing to all seven of the kids I sponsor around the world though … Continue reading
Communion in a Corral – Bamburg, Germany, Easter, 1945
MY JOURNEY Last week I watched a moving episode of NCIS. One of the story lines on this episode saw Leroy Jethro Gibbs, the “Boss” of the unit, commandeered by his aging father to visit a dying WWII vet who had … Continue reading
A Life Lived Elsewhere
I was looking fondly at some old books recently when a book came to mind that I read annually for years. As the Earth Turns, Gladys Hasty Carroll’s first novel for adults was released in 1933 and became the number two top … Continue reading
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Tagged As the Earth Turns, Diary of Private Prayer, Gladys Hasty Carroll
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Prayers for Aibie
I woke up with a start in the middle of the night last night. When I couldn’t get back to sleep, I resorted to my usual tactic: listening to BBC radio. The first thing I heard was that a Super Typhoon … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Compassion International, Super Typhoon
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My Mind has a Mind of its Own
My Journey A few nights ago, as I walked through the house turning out lights in preparation for going to bed, I was anticipating reading a book I had just started when I noticed a song running through my mind: … Continue reading
I Have a Dream
Today is the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a Dream” speech. I am re-posting this blog from earlier in the month because it is important today for every person to look back to that … Continue reading
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A Beautiful Patchwork Community
I learned about blogging from the teacher of Writing Beyond the Sermon at Western Theological Seminary last fall. As a 70- year-old gray-haired woman, I joined a class of 20-somethings (mostly male) with no little fear and trepidation. But I was determined … Continue reading
Living as Apprentices 