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: white privilege
Confessions of a Racist (White Privilege – 2)
This is the second of two posts on White Privilege that I have re-posted today. This one was written in 2013. Each post rings very true in today’s world. I hope both posts challenge and encourage you. This morning I … Continue reading
“I Just Don’t see Color” (On White Privilege – 1)
I’m taking an unusual step – re-publishing two posts at the same time. This one is from February, 2017. It describes my journey in uncovering the the stain of white privilege and the horror of the assumptions, openly shared or … Continue reading
Posted in Living as Apprentices
Tagged "America's Original Sin", Jim Wallis, Racism, white privilege
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Random Thoughts
GOD IN THE WILDERNESS I have been soaking in this quote by Henri Nouwen: “God is not just our good inclinations, our fervor, our generosity, or our love. All such experiences of the heart may remind us of God’s presence, … Continue reading
Posted in Living as Apprentices
Tagged Compassion International, Henri Nouwen, Kelly McFall, On the Brink of Everything, Parker Palmer, Rawanda, The Passion of the Christ, white privilege
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Walk a Mile in Their Shoes
This blog now contains nearly 600 posts. The post below first appeared on October 28, 2015. I am re-posting it now because it speaks to the politically charged insults that are being tweeted or shouted in rallys about groups of … Continue reading
What is “White Privilege?”
In the recent film, Hidden Figures, Katharine (played by Octavia Spencer), a black woman who is in informally in charge of the “black computer group,” has been repeatedly denied promotion to supervisor by her white boss, Vivian. In my favorite scene in … Continue reading
Posted in To Act Justly
Tagged "America's Original Sin", Jim Wallis, Racism, white privilege
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Perspective
Living as Apprentices The following word from Letty M. Russell is so convicting it forced me into a time of self-examination, a prayer of examen. First the quote, then the prayer. “Whatever else the true preaching of the word would need … Continue reading
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Tagged prayer of examen, social justice, white privilege
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I Have a Dream
A year ago or so, my cousin Dan (a cousin on my father’s side of the family) who lives in Florida paid a visit. I mention my father’s side because that fact meant that I had very little connection with him; … Continue reading
Posted in My journey
Tagged Civil rights movement, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Martin Luther King, Southern Poverty Law Center, white privilege
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