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Category Archives: Karen’s journey
Must See Movie – Lee Daniels’ The Butler
A few days ago I posted a story about my memory of Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech on the Washington Mall in 1963 (see I have a Dream posted on August 5). That memory brought to life again … Continue reading
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Tagged civil rights, Eugene Allen, Lee Daniels' The Butler
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Bread for the Journey
And then this happened: Elijah the Tishbite, from among the settlers of Gilead, confronted Ahab: “As surely as God lives, the God of Israel before whom I stand in obedient service, the next years are going to see a total … Continue reading
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Tagged Apprentice of Jesus program, Elijah, God provides, hearing God
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I Have a Dream
A year ago or so, my cousin Dan (a cousin on my father’s side of the family) who lives in Florida paid a visit. I mention my father’s side because that fact meant that I had very little connection with him; … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil rights movement, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Martin Luther King, Southern Poverty Law Center, white privilege
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An Orphan Moves from Revenge to Reconciliation
The following story was posted in the Compassion International‘s July issue of Sponsor E-News today – one day after I posted updates on my Compassion children (see previous post, Children of the Kingdom). I was so moved by Methode’s story that I … Continue reading
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Tagged Compassion International, Genocide, Hutu, Rwanda, Tutsi
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Children of the Kingdom
Wazoeli is 18 and has a view of Mt. Kilimanjaro from his home in Tanzania. His father is in jail and his mother works 3 jobs to support him and to pay his way to boarding school so he can have a future … Continue reading
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Tagged child sponsorship, Compassion International
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Forgetfulness
I recently became aware of a fascinating blog by David Hilfiker, Watching the Lights Go Out. David is a 68-year-old retired physician living in Washington D.C. He is a member of the Eighth Day Faith Community. In 1990 he and others founded Joseph’s House, a home … Continue reading
“What am I when I am not what I used to do?”
Did you ever have the experience of finding just the right book at just the right time? It happens to me quite often. This time the book is The Gift of Years, Growing Older Gracefully by Joan Chittister. The second … Continue reading
Balancing the Inward/Outward Journey
As a happy introvert who is very comfortable living with books and plants and, yes, TV, I am horrified and convicted by this quote by Jean Vanier, one of Henry Nouwen’s mentors. “Community can be a terrible place because it … Continue reading
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Tagged Extraversion and introversion, Jean Vanier, L'Arche, Spiritual gift
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