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: Richard Rohr
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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Tagged Frederich Buechner, Jonathan R. Bailey, Renovare, Richard Rohr
From My Reading – May
“Contemplation helps us discern what is truly important in the largest, most spacious frame of reality and to know what is ours to do in the face of “evil” and injustice. Richard Rohr, Daily Meditation, January 18, 2020) . . … Continue reading
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Tagged Dallas Willard, Frederick Buechner, Henri Nouwen, Jonathan R. Bailey, Richard Rohr
Learning from the Serenity Prayer: The Present Moment
The Serenity Prayer was “built” for days like we are experiencing during the pandemic. I have realized that I need the words of the Serenity Prayer more than ever. You may, too. So for the next four weeks (April 12 – … Continue reading
Posted in Living as Apprentices
Tagged living in the moment, Richard Rohr, The Serenity Prayer
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From My Reading – March
“By contemplation, we mean the deliberate seeking of God through a willingness to detach from the passing self, the tyranny of emotions, the addiction to self-image, and the false promises of the world. Action, as we are using the word, means … Continue reading
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Tagged Jonathan Bailey, Leonard Cohen, Martin Luther King, Rachel Naomi Remen, Richard Rohr
From My Reading – December
“Politics—government—does not exist for itself and, if it does, that is precisely when it becomes at least death-dealing if not entirely evil. Nation-states and empires have all “died the death” in the wake of such power run amuck, of such … Continue reading
From My Reading – November
“All the great saints in history about whom I have read have been people who were so passionately in love with God that they were completely free to love other people in a deep, affective way, without any strings attached. True … Continue reading
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Tagged Henri Nouwen, Pádraig Ó Tuamahr, Richard Rohr, Tim Shriver
From My Reading
“You cannot make God love you any less, either—not an ounce less. Do the most terrible thing and God wouldn’t love you less. You cannot change the Divine mind about you! The flow is constant, total, and 100 percent toward … Continue reading
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Tagged David Steindl-Rast, Henri Nouwen, Jonathan Baily, Rachel Carson, Richard Rohr, Wayne Dyer
Living the Jesus Way
“If something comes toward you with grace and can pass through you and toward others with grace, you can trust it as the voice of God . . . . If a voice comes from accusation and leads to accusation, … Continue reading
Posted in Living as Apprentices
Tagged grace-filled living, Henri Nouwen, Richard Rohr, the Jesus Way
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