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Category Archives: Living as Apprentices
“The Opposite of Poverty is Justice” – Part 1
Bryan Stevenson is the executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama, and a professor of law at New York University Law School. He has won relief for dozens of condemned prisoners, argued five times before the Supreme … Continue reading
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Tagged Bryan Stevenson, Equal Justice Initiative, Hope, Just Mercy
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It Only Takes a Moment – guest blog by Dee Hubbard
It’s amazing how I am learning to see things differently because I’m a Christ follower. It’s as if my eyes are now seeing the world in “high definition.” Instead of “other’s needs” being experienced as interruptions or intrusions on my … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, helping others, service
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Speaking Out
Lately I have been encouraging apprentices of Jesus to speak out when confronted with prejudice, injustice, misinformation or downright lies. Here is more on that topic from two unlikely “bedfellows” – Seth Godin and Richard Rohr. Godin is American author, entrepreneur, … Continue reading
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Tagged prophets, Richard Rohr, Seth Godin, speak up
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Fresh Perspectives
My favorite class in my Master’s program many (!) years ago was linguistics. My happiest take home from that class is the discipline of looking closely at an author’s words or phrase or sentences and chewing over their clarity, accuracy, … Continue reading
Dumbing Down Ash Wednesday
“Church is offering drive-thru option for Ash Wednesday” This is a headline on the Faith & Belief Page in today’s newspaper. Here’s the first paragraph: “You can use the drive-thru for your favorite fast food. You can use the drive-thru to … Continue reading
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Tagged Ash Wednesday, crucifixion, Jesus, Lent, the Kingdom of God
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Parable of the Snow-Blowing Neighbor
LIVING AS APPRENTICES It had snowed all night. In the morning, as I opened the door to get the newspaper, I was greeted with a blast of cold air. But the door had only opened about four inches. High winds … Continue reading
Trading Questions for Trust
LIVING AS APPRENTICES I have a friend who has been struggling with her faith for years because her “go-to” method of relating to God is to ask God, “Why?” She is in good company. When the story of Moses begins, … Continue reading
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Tagged Moses, the unshakable kingdom
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Countering the World’s Darkness
Note to “followers”: This may have gone out to you earlier last week as a DRAFT. I’m re-posting it so that it will be part of the actual blog Living as Apprentices in an amoral world that daily spawns pain, … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Moore, Clarence Jorden, Henri Nouwen, John Lewis, Karl Rahner, Martin Luther King
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