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Category Archives: Living as Apprentices
“Soaked in the Presence of the Living Christ”
In Eternal Living, a new book reflecting on the life and teachings of Dallas Willard (who died in 2013), Richard Foster, his very good friend of forty years, writes, “[Dallas] possessed in his person a spiritual formation into Christlikeness that … Continue reading
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Tagged Dallas Willard, Nathan Foster, Richard Foster, spiritual disciplines
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“Live the Life I Sing About in my Song”
LIVING AS APPRENTICES In a blog on the Inward Outward website, Kayla McClurg of The Church of the Saviour says, “We tend to make [Jesus] into a paper-thin replica of our ideas of “holy” rather than let him be the … Continue reading
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Tagged "I'm Gonna Life the Life I Sing about in my Song", Mahalia Jackson, Thomas Andrew Dorsey
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Paddington Bear
LIVING AS APPRENTICES You and your spouse and two children (a 10-year-old and a teen-ager) are dragging yourselves through the train station after a much-dreamed-about but unsatisfying vacation when you are greeted by a scruffy 3′ 6″ bear wearing a … Continue reading
A Lesson from the Civil Rights Movement
LIVING AS APPRENTICES January 19 is the celebration of Martin Luther King’s Birthday. The powerful movie Selma has been released. And February will be Black History month in America. With this backdrop, I listened today, spellbound, to an interview with John … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil rights movement, John Lewis, nonviolent demonstrations, SNCC, spiritual formation
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“A Human Behind Every Face”
LIVING AS APPRENTICES I was so moved by a column written by Charita Goshay of the Canton (Ohio Repository) who writes for Gateway News Services that I can’t help but share a portion of it. It appeared in the January … Continue reading
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Tagged Charita Goshay, Holland Sentinel, Jesus, judgmentalism, Mother Theresa
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Both/And
LIVING AS APPRENTICES What do we need in order to live creatively and meaningfully on this earth as Apprentices of Jesus? Two of my favorite spiritual thinkers have spoken from very different perspectives on one important character trait we need: … Continue reading
An Antidote to Slacktivism*
QUOTES You asked for my hands, that you might use them for your purpose. I gave them for a moment, then withdrew them, for the work was hard. You asked for my mouth, to speak out against injustice. I gave you … Continue reading
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Tagged Acceptable Worlds, injustice, Joe Seremane, Prayers for the Writer, service
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