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Category Archives: Living as Apprentices
A Spiritual Formation Tip from the Food Network
LIVING AS APPRENTICES Have you ever heard of mise en place (pronounced me-zahn-plahs)? Mise en place is a French term that literally translates to “set in place.” In the culinary world it means having everything ready to cook and in its … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking, Food Network, mise en place, spiritual formation, VIM
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Speak Up!
LIVING AS APPRENTICES We talk a lot about the value of silence and solitude in spiritual formation circles. Time spent apart and being quiet is valuable because it connects us to God and God’s Kingdom and fuels our action. However, … Continue reading
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Tagged Clint Smith, social justice, TED Talk
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More Thoughts on Wounded Healers
LIVING AS APPRENTICES In my first year of teaching junior high (the term shows you how long ago that was!) I had a frustrating experience. It was time for grammar, and we were diagramming sentences (again a sign of my … Continue reading
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Tagged Henri Nouwen, hypocrites in the Church, The Wounded Healer
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Take Heart – By Kayla McClurg
For Sunday, August 10, 2014 – Matthew 14:22-33 Down the trail of years, we hear him still, Jesus calling again and again, “Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid.” Whatever the circumstance of our own dark nights, however the waves of … Continue reading
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Tagged be not afraid, Inward-Outward, Kayla McClurg, peace
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Are You the Center of the Universe?
LIVING AS APPRENTICES Recently I spoke with someone who had just walked through a major misstep in life which has consequences for the future for several people. The person said, “I just didn’t see that coming.” I asked, “And if … Continue reading
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Tagged controlling our lives, powerlessness, wanting to be God
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When Helping Hurts
LIVING AS APPRENTICES I have shared a lot recently about my life as a co-dependent enabler. I talk about the years in my past when I (subconsciously) sought out needy people with the goal of “fixing” them. I point out … Continue reading
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Tagged Enabling, On Being, Seane Corn
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A Reconciling Third
LIVING AS APPRENTICES The quote below is a portion of a daily meditation from Richard Rohr. It is a freeing description of how we can resolve the tension between two people or groups who must always be right. (I have … Continue reading
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