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: Howard Thurman
From My Reading
“As soon as [the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation] began to spend more time understanding how people live their lives, we saw that so many of the barriers to advancement – and so many of the causes of isolation – … Continue reading
Posted in Quotes
Tagged Howard Thurman, Melinda Gates, Parker Palmer, Walter Brueggemann
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A Christmas Blessing
This blog is home to more than 700 posts. At times I re-blog a post that newer readers may not have seen. This Christmas blog first appeared on December 21, 2016. Its message is even more crucial in 2017. The … Continue reading
“Now the Work of Christmas Begins”
Now the Work of Christmas Begin by Howard Thurman (1899 – 1981) invites us to create meaning in the blessings and gifts of Christmas throughout the year. Thurman was an African-American theologian, educator, and civil rights leader. For more information on Howard Thurman … Continue reading
Posted in Advent, 2016
Tagged "The work of Christmas Begins, Howard Thurman
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Keeping Open the Doors of our Hearts
This blog now contains over 560 posts. The post below first appeared in November, 2012. I am sharing it again because it is appropriate for us to remember in a time of racial division. The following quote is by Howard Thurman, … Continue reading
Posted in Living as Apprentices
Tagged Howard Thurman, Loving Others, Martin Luther King, nonviolence, social change
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Advent Prayers
From the pen of Howard Thurman: “May the sounds of Advent stir a longing in your people, O God. Come again to set us free from the dullness of routine and the poverty of our imaginations. Break the patterns which bind us … Continue reading
Starting New – 2013
I love the fact that human beings artificially created an end to one year and the beginning of another. I need to wind up and re-start, declutter (thoughts as well as objects) and think fresh, sort through and re-do, think back and plan ahead. … Continue reading
Unity in Diversity – The Legacy of Howard Thurman
The following quote by Howard Thurman, an African American theologian, preacher, and quiet activist, came up on the Church of the Savior Inward/Outward e-mail today. It interested me first because of its vision for authentic unity between people and secondly because Andre Daley … Continue reading
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