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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Lent 2021: Not What We Will Give Up, But What We Will Live For – Part 2, Active Compassion
“Lent needs to be not what you will give up, but what you will live for. Not how you might demonstrate your piety, but how you might live in true obedience to God. Not what you will prove, but what … Continue reading
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Tagged Compassion International, Doctors without Borders, FaceTime, Feeding America, Lent, Renovare, Richard Foster, Zoom
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Everything is Transformed
Some of you may know that my husband Fred died in October after years of suffering from fourth stage COPD and congestive heart failure. This reflection is about my journey without him. My life is “measured out in coffee spoons”* … Continue reading
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Tagged Dallas Willard, Dalllas Willard, eternal life, healing, Renovare, The Divine Conspiracy
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From My Reading – June
“It’s important to remember that almost everything we receive along the Christian road— freedom—comes by degree. We don’t get it, we grow into it—like lava layers become ocean islands or infant limbs become sprinting legs. Freedom flourishes inside us as … Continue reading
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“Continual Renewal” – The Renovare Way to Discipleship (Part 6)
This post is part 6 in a series based on the Renovare organization’s “best practices” – which are six Common Disciplines drawn from the six Traditions of Christianity explored in Richard Foster’s book, Streams of Living Water. (Find earlier posts in … Continue reading
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“Continual Renewal” – The Renovare Way to Discipleship (Part 5)
This series of posts focuses on the Common Disciplines that are the underpinnings of the Renovare organization’s understanding of discipleship. These disciplines are based on the six streams of Christianity described in Richard Fosters book Streams of Living Water, Celebrating … Continue reading
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Tagged being servants, Renovare, spiritual disciplines, the grace of God
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From My Reading
“There was a genius about the American Founding and the emergence of American democratic politics. That genius lay in no small part in the recognition that the Republic was as susceptible to human passions and frustrations as human beings themselves. … Continue reading
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Continual Renewal – The Renovare Way to Discipleship (Part 2)
This post is part 2 in a series based on the Renovare organizations covenant and “best practices. See part 1 at https://livingasapprentices.com/2018/08/29/continual-renewal-the-renovare-way-to-discipleship-part-1/ The Renovare way to discipleship involves a life-time of training in spiritual disciplines which arise from the six streams … Continue reading
