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: Henri Nouwen
The Gift of Comings and Goings
“It is often in our absence that the Spirit of God manifests itself. . . . . It was only in Jesus’ absence that his friends discovered the full meaning of his presence. . . . When we claim for … Continue reading
Posted in Living as Apprentices
Tagged friendship, Henri Nouwen, Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit, the power of my presence
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The Wonder of Solitude
“Discipline in sports is the concentrated effort to master the body so that it can obey the mind better. Discipline in the spiritual life is the concen- trated effort to create the space and time where God can become our … Continue reading
Becoming a Wounded Healer – Part 7
“Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning. You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have taken my off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy. Psalm 30: 5 b; 11-12 (NRSV) I learned a new … Continue reading
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Tagged epigenetics, Henri Nouwen, Rachel Yehuda, The Wounded Healer
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Becoming a Wounded Healer – Words of Wisdom
Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning. You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have taken my off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy. Psalm 30: 5 b; 11-12 (NRSV) This blog series on becoming … Continue reading
Becoming a Wounded Healer – Part 3
Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning. You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have taken my off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy. Psalm 30:5b; 11-12 (NRSV) In Scripture, we see Jesus … Continue reading
Becoming a Wounded Healer – Part 2
“Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning. You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have taken my off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy. Psalm 30;5 b; 11-12 (NRSV) What exactly is a wounded … Continue reading
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Tagged forgiveness, Henri Nouwen, Jeremiah 33, wounded healer
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Countering the World’s Darkness
Note to “followers”: This may have gone out to you earlier last week as a DRAFT. I’m re-posting it so that it will be part of the actual blog Living as Apprentices in an amoral world that daily spawns pain, … Continue reading
Posted in Living as Apprentices
Tagged Charles Moore, Clarence Jorden, Henri Nouwen, John Lewis, Karl Rahner, Martin Luther King
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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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