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Category Archives: Living as Apprentices
Sous Chef
WRITING AS AN ACT OF FAITH If you love the Food Network and fine writing, you are in for a great treat! Michael Gibney, a sous chef (a restaurant’s second in command) since the age of 22 and an executive … Continue reading
Posted in Living as Apprentices, Writing as an Act of Faith
Tagged Apprentice of Jesus, discipleship, Food Network, Michael Gibney, Sous Chef
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I Can Help You With That – part 2
LIVING AS APPRENTICES On March 21 I posted the story of a class discussion on how hard it is to ask for help. The discussion generated several examples of the principle “if we all share, we all have enough.” (Look … Continue reading
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Tagged asking for help, sharing our resources
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Facing the Truth
Living as Apprentices “People do not want to acknowledge or face up to the reality of a crucified world, and even less do we want to ask ourselves what is our share of responsibility for such a world. The world … Continue reading
Posted in Living as Apprentices
Tagged sharing our resources, the kingdom of me, world hunger
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Words to Live By
My Symphony By William Ellergy Channing To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not … Continue reading
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In Memory
LIVING AS APPRENTICES On the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Rwanda Genocide and to remember the victims of the current atrocities on humanity in Syria: “The salvation of man from humiliation, enslavement, and ignorance will come not by revolutions, … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil War in Syria, Genocide in Rwanda, Leo Tolystoy
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Splash in the Puddles of Joy
My Journey I lost the magic of life at a very young age. Bereft by the loss of her chaplain husband from friendly fire during WWII, my mother spiraled the two of us through cycles of depression and grief and … Continue reading
Posted in Karen's journey, Living as Apprentices
Tagged Christianity Today, holiness, joy, N.D. Wilson
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Giving up the Need to Know
Living as Apprentices In my teaching (currently about the 12 steps and spiritual formation) I have often seen people blocked from intimacy with God by their inability to stop asking questions. My freedom came with the understanding that if I … Continue reading
“I can help you with that!”
Living as Apprentices We were talking about the Holy Spirit. One person in the group said, “For a long time I didn’t know a lot about the Holy Spirit. Now I do, but I don’t often remember to ask for … Continue reading
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