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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From My Reading – March
“As I understand it, to say that God is mightily present even in such private events as these [his father’s suicide, for example] does not mean that he makes events happen to us which move us in certain directions like … Continue reading
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Tagged Br David Steindel-Rast, Br. David Steindal-Rast, Frederick Buechner, Henri Nouwen, Ilia Delio, Richard Rohr
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From My Reading – February
“As I see it, in other words, God acts in history and in your and my brief histories not as the puppeteer who sets the scene and works the strings but rather as the great director who no matter what … Continue reading
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Tagged Frederick Buechner, Henri Nouwen, Pema Chodron, Rachel Held, Rumi, Sage Cohen
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From My Reading – January, 2022
“If the early church preached and practiced what I preach and practice, would there be a church today?” (Dallas Willard). ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ “They [people in AA] also have slogans, which you can either dismiss as hopelessly … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Voskamp, Brene Brown, Dallas Willard, Frederick Buechner, Henri Nouwen, Michael Gerson, Symeon the New Theologian
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From My Reading – June
“I wasn’t old enough (11) to realize that the knee-jerk repulsion I felt [about swimming in a pool with black people] was the inheritance passed down to me from literally hundreds of years of white people propagating and benefiting from … Continue reading
From My Reading – May
“Sin is easier to write about than grace, I suppose, because the territory is so familiar and because, too, it is of the nature of grace, when we receive it, to turn our eyes not inward, where most often writers’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Beatrice Bruteau, Frederick Buechner, Henri Nouwen, Joel Clarkson, Nathan Foster
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From My Reading – March
“Fear, shame, and guilt often make us stay in our isolation and prevent us from realizing that our handicap, whatever it is, can always become the way to an intimate and healing fellowship in which we come to know one another … Continue reading
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Tagged Br. David Steindal-Rast, Brian McClaren, Henri Nouwen, Pema Chodron, Richard Rohr, Shannon Kershner, William Willimon
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From My Reading – February
“A disciple is a person who reads the words of Scripture prayerfully, entering the stories, listening for God’s personal word. A disciple is a person who speaks often with God in prayer. A disciple is a person who watches what … Continue reading
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Tagged " Jon Meacham, Frederick Buechner, Henri Nouwen, Miriam Dixon, Richard Rohr, William James
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