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One of Karen's 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"). We pray that the words and sentences on this blog may also serve as "containers of grace" for its readers.
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“An Age of Divorce”
This blog now contains more than 600 posts. I am re-posting this blog from April 24, 2016 because the “divorce” Wendell Berry refers to is more painful than ever in 2017. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ “We all come from … Continue reading
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Tagged Jesus, putting divorced things back together, Wendell Berry
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A Hard Life
“You have had a hard life,” she said. I deflected the comment. Later, musing in the early morning, I had to agree. I, like most people, have had a hard life. I have made bad choices. I have made choices influenced … Continue reading
Posted in journeys, Karen's journey
Tagged Jesus, learning from life, life in the Kingdom of God, making choices, The Serenity Prayer
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Living Creatively
In June of 2015, I wrote about my husband’s love for blueberry muffins and what the task of making them every day taught me. My husband finally had his fill of blueberry muffins, so I stopped making them. This week, … Continue reading
Seeing Beyond the “Vehicle that Carries Us”
“I had never understood before the invisibility of a human. How what we take to be a person is in fact a spirit we can never see. Not until I sat in that room, with the dead vehicle that had … Continue reading
Who am I when My Body Fails Me? – Someone Facing Death
In his book, The Walk, The Life-Changing Journey of Two Friends, song writer Michael Card describes a funeral service for an 8-year old girl killed in an auto accident, during which one of the participants said, ” We were not created … Continue reading
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Tagged death, eternal life, Jesus, Kayla McClurg, letting go, Michael Card
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From My Reading
“Around the world today we see the rise of leaders who offer various forms of authority without vulnerability – strength without risk. This is the promise of every authoritarian government and every dictator, and it is increasingly the currency of … Continue reading
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Tagged authority without vulnerability, C.S. Lewis, community, hardship, Jesus
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Leadership Styles – Donald Trump and Jesus
We are suffering through the meanest, angriest, and most profane presidential campaign season in decades – maybe in the history of the United States. As the granddaughter of a state senator who also served as lieutenant governor, I was raised … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Trump, Jesus, Jesus CEO, leadership styles, Palm Sunday, Presidential campaign -2016
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