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: Kayla McClurg
2016, Crossing the Threshold – “Become the Light”
We have crossed the threshold from 2015 to 2016. We are on the brink, at the dawn, on the verge of a new year. As singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer says, “At a threshold there’s often a moment where what is old … Continue reading
From My Reading
“Abundance does not happen automatically. It is created when we have the sense to choose community, to come together to celebrate and share our common store. Whether the scarce resource is money or love or power or words, the true … Continue reading
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Tagged Elizabeth O'Connor, Evelyn Underhill, Kayla McClurg, Parker Palmer
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Our One Thing
“What is our one thing? Of all that keeps us from wholeheartedly following him, what most blocks us and gives us grief? What do we possess that, in truth, possesses us? Likely it’s something good in right measure, but something we have come … Continue reading
Posted in Living as Apprentices
Tagged Kayla McClurg, Mark 10, the rich young ruler
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The Power of Crumbs
“We can devote ourselves to striving after success and popularity, or we can notice the least likely to succeed parts of ourselves—What? All you have is one little boy with a few loaves and fish?—and imagine them new. Our child heart is open; it offers … Continue reading
Posted in Living as Apprentices, Quotes
Tagged apprentices of Jesus, Jesus, Kayla McClurg, loaves and fishes
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Failure as a Catalyst
“Most life-strategy courses focus on how to avoid failure, or at least how to recast it so it can be called success. That makes sense—who among us doesn’t prefer to move only from success to more success? But Jesus seems to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloomberg Businessweek, David McCullough, Elon Musk, failure, Falcon 9, Kayla McClurg, Kitty Hawk, NC, Space X, Wright Brothers
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“All Things are Redeemed in the Spacious Heart of God”
In her blog on the website Inward Outward, Kayla McClurg gives a poetic explanation of our suffering: “Even with all that ended up happening, all that one could say went horribly off track for Jesus—betrayal, wrongful arrest, torture, a violent death—he … Continue reading
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Tagged advocate, Inward/Outward, Kayla McClurg
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Becoming a Wounded Healer – More Wisdom – by Kayla McClurg
PEACE AND FORGIVENESS, by Kayla McClurg “On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together,with the door locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with … Continue reading
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Tagged Church of the Saviour, forgiveness, healing, Kayla McClurg, peace
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Take Heart – By Kayla McClurg
For Sunday, August 10, 2014 – Matthew 14:22-33 Down the trail of years, we hear him still, Jesus calling again and again, “Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid.” Whatever the circumstance of our own dark nights, however the waves of … Continue reading
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Tagged be not afraid, Inward-Outward, Kayla McClurg, peace
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