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Category Archives: Living as Apprentices
“Stinking Thinking”
LIVING AS APPRENTICES Here’s a conscience-pricking comment from Wendell Berry. We have lived by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. And this has been based on the even flimsier assumption that we … Continue reading
Yard Sale – A Container For Grace
LIVING AS APPRENTICES Eugene Peterson encourages us to expect every job we get or every task we are assigned to be “a container for grace.” Yesterday the grace overflowed the container. Our neighborhood sponsored a yard sale on Saturday – … Continue reading
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On Harmony and Mindfulness
THE TWELVE STEPS AND SPIRITUAL FORMATION “For Jesus, and thus for we who strive to follow him, to glorify God comes down to this: to faithfully finish whatever God gives us to do. To face with courage all the moments of our lives—challenging and joyful, tedious and fearful and glad—without … Continue reading
Living in the Tension
STAYING OPEN: WRITING AS AN ACT OF FAITH I’m learning, in writing as in living, that sometimes we just have to live in the tension. I completed two writing assignments in the last few days and am beginning a larger … Continue reading
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Let’s Kick the Theology of Progress off the Throne
LIVING AS APPRENTICES “Τhe theology of progress forces us to act before we are ready. We speak before we know what to say. We respond before we feel the truth of what we know. In the process, we inadvertently create … Continue reading
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Sacramental Living
LIVING AS APPRENTICES Did you hear the birds this morning- really hear the call and response, the poetry of the chirping? Did you taste the salt and peppery flavor and relish the warmth of your scrambled eggs? Were you shocked … Continue reading
See You on the Race Track
Living As Apprentices I recently discovered an old photo of myself in pink workout suit, grinning widely and holding a huge “gold” medal. You see, more than two decades ago I was a race walker of sorts. A friend … Continue reading
Living as Easter People
LIVING AS APPRENTICES “The community of persons closest to us has the power to keep us in the tomb of fear or to call us into the daybreak of hope. Do those around us call us to huddle more closely … Continue reading
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