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Tag Archives: Jesus
“A Human Behind Every Face”
LIVING AS APPRENTICES I was so moved by a column written by Charita Goshay of the Canton (Ohio Repository) who writes for Gateway News Services that I can’t help but share a portion of it. It appeared in the January … Continue reading
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Tagged Charita Goshay, Holland Sentinel, Jesus, judgmentalism, Mother Theresa
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The One Thing You Can Do
LIVING AS APPRENTICES Today I listened to two journalists describe our struggles to think positively about the issues of the world. Finally one of them said, “I just say to people, ‘What is the one thing you can do? Go … Continue reading
Partnership
Living as Apprentices Recently I asked members of a class I was teaching to look up the terms symbiosis and synergy as part of their homework because those words were used in the chapter we were studying next. As does any … Continue reading
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Tagged Jesus, symbiosis, synergy, the Holy Spirit, transformation
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I Wish You Peace
LIVING AS APPRENTICES This last space of time in this year 2013 has been difficult for many I know and love. As I sit with them and listen or apart from them and muse/pray, I ache for them and for the world. … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, finding peace, Jesus
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Camelot and the Kingdom of God
LIVING AS APPRENTICES It’s a cliché, but it’s probably true: If you are an American over 12 years of age you probably remember where you were when you learned that John F. Kennedy had been assassinated. I was in the library … Continue reading
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