Category Archives: Living as Apprentices

“Bright Flows the River of God”

Posted on March 8, 2020 by livingasapprentices

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives” (Annie Dillard) My husband and I have been in a peculiar time of helplessness for a few weeks.  He has a new diagnosis of too much protein … Continue reading →

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Lenten Series – Part 2: Take an Inventory

Posted on March 3, 2020 by livingasapprentices

We are in the season of Lent, a holy time when Christians focus on the meaning of the life and death of Jesus. This series of posts was first published in February/March, 2016. It focuses on the concept of “letting … Continue reading →

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Lenten Series, 2020 – Part 1: Let Go of Control

Posted on February 26, 2020 by livingasapprentices

We are entering the season of Lent, a holy time when Christians focus on the meaning of the life and death of Jesus. This series of posts was first published in February/March, 2016. It focuses on the concept of “letting … Continue reading →

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A Box Full of Darkness

Posted on February 13, 2020 by livingasapprentices

“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.”  (Mary Oliver) “When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson) We all … Continue reading →

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“I Figured it out by Myself!”

Posted on February 1, 2020 by livingasapprentices

A few days ago, I told my husband the story of Jim, a literacy student I worked with decades ago.  It brought tears to my eyes -not for the first time.  I thought I had written a post about so … Continue reading →

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Doubly Blessed

Posted on January 29, 2020 by livingasapprentices

Note:  E-mail followers and LinkedIn members received this post last week. But for some reason it disappeared from the actual Word Press blog site. After a half hour of “back-and-forth-ing” in the Help Chat Room yesterday, the expert and I … Continue reading →

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“I Have a Gift for You”

Posted on January 15, 2020 by livingasapprentices

“Imagine that we could live each moment as a moment pregnant with new life. Imagine that we could live each day as a day full of promises. Imagine that we could walk through the new year always listening to the … Continue reading →

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A Space for Grace

Posted on January 2, 2020 by livingasapprentices

One of my  writing groups is focusing this month on revising an old piece to make it sharper and clearer and more cohesive – the best writing they are capable of. I picked a post from 2015. As I worked … Continue reading →

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