“Anytime you have a negative feeling toward anyone, you’re living in an illusion There’s something seriously wrong with you. You’re not seeing reality. Something inside of you needs to change.”
Anthony de Mello, Awareness: the Perils and Opportunities of Reality.
This rather provocative quote was presented in class, in the context of being self-aware in [...]

I was challenged the other day in class to consider the importance of Sabbath keeping. I don’t have any inner resistance to the idea of deliberately taking a day of rest. But I’m like everyone else – just too busy to pull it off. Or at least, that’s my excuse. And it’s [...]

A discussion arose the other day on how Christianity is supposed to be counter-cultural, and it occurred to me how much this phrase gets thrown around and how it can have very different implications depending on its context. ‘Counter-Cultural’ to many of the Christians I’ve been around means to reject the culture at large and [...]

In Christian History class we’ve been studying the Reformation and spending a lot of time on Luther’s theology. My professor, who happens to be Lutheran and truly a person of grace, was waxing eloquently about Luther’s theology of the cross. He emphasized the grace of God in being present with us even in our sins, [...]

Welcome to Karlene’s blog! I have been inspired to start blogging as a way of sharing what I am reading and writing during my seminary studies, and hopefully to interact with you on these subjects.
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Karlene