Karen Bables
Welcome to my blog about living as apprentices of Jesus! I am passionate about spiritual transformation and about helping others become like Jesus for the sake of others.
One of my favorite quotes is: "Whatever job we get and whatever task we are assigned can serve as a container for grace" (Eugene Peterson in "Practical Resurrection"). I pray that the words and sentences on this blog may also serve as "containers of grace" for its readers.
I ordinarily post on Wednesdays and Saturdays and welcome your comments on any post!
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Tag Archives: grace
From My Reading
“. . . the one sin I have come to fear more than any other is certainty. Certainty is the great enemy of unity. Certainty is the deadly enemy of tolerance. Even Christ was not certain at the end. ‘Eli, … Continue reading
Posted in Living as Apprentices
Tagged Christianity Today. A. A. Milne, grace, Heidi De Jong, Jon Bailey, Renovare, Robert Harris, The Conclave, The Twelve blog
A Lesson from Carrots
This blog now hosts nearly 700 posts. Periodically I recycle past posts that newer followers of the blog may not have read. The following post was originally published on August 24, 2014. Gardeners know that root vegetables thrive in cold … Continue reading
Posted in Living as Apprentices
Tagged carrots, grace, suffering
My Garden in the Sky
One of my projected sorrows when moving last summer from a manufactured home with a lovely yard to an apartment complex was the loss of my flower gardens. However, that unnecessary anxiety was erased this summer by the beautiful, luxuriant potted plants … Continue reading
Posted in Living as Apprentices
Tagged being happy, gardens, God's love, grace
From My Reading – Grace and Gratitude
Grace is God giving us everything we need (and even what we don’t know we need) without expectations. This grace is the foundation of God’s relationship with each of us. Grace is a gift. We cannot earn it. Therefore we can … Continue reading
Posted in Quotes
Tagged Br. David Steindl-Rast, Eugene Peterson, Flannery O'Connor, Gordon McDonald, grace, gratitude, Philip Yancey, The Apostle Paul
Something about Grace
“What if God is not mad at you?” This question from James Bryan Smith in The Good and Beautiful God sets up the psychological dilemma of today’s world. Many raging conflicts between races and between believers and even between individuals hinge … Continue reading
Posted in Living as Apprentices
Tagged Donald Miller, Eugene Peterson, grace, perfectionism
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The Mysticism of Everyday Life
This quote is from the book Learning to Fall, The Blessings of an Imperfect Life. The book was written during his journey with ALS and published just months before his death in 2002. The book is full of observations on … Continue reading
Posted in Living as Apprentices, Quotes
Tagged ALS, grace, Learning to Fall, living in the present, mysticism, Philip Simmons
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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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Tagged Eugene Peterson, grace, yard sales
On My Way to Doing Something Else – part 2
LIVING AS APPRENTICES Once again, I found a treasure on my way to doing something else – this time clearing off a book shelf. Tucked in among the books were these quotes. As I read them, I thought of all … Continue reading
