Apprentice 2 Jesus

Last Third Living

  • What will be the final yield?

    It’s probably the end of the calendar year that leads me more to reflection. This piece from Karl Rahner has been my reflection this week as I’ve been on the road. I pull it out and read a bit every morning and almost every paragraph grinds my mind to a halt and I have to… Read more

  • My hopeful testimony

    If there is anything I truly hope to be said of me in my “last third living” it is this: 2 Kings 18:6 (NIV): He held fast to the Lord and did not stop following him… It’s all I have. HE is all I have. From here on out, all I do is cling to… Read more

  • It just IS

    Last third living is more contemplative. It is more open and moving toward rest. It is broadening, not restricting. More toward forgiveness, less toward dividing. Read more

  • Learning how to respond

    Richard Rohr’s book, Falling Upward, is part of my core list of influential books at this time in my life and certainly my top three as I consider what I’ve called “last third living.” Read more

  • Life goal

    My hardest thing in life: to live in amazement. This is a “last third living” goal for me! Read more

  • Reminders for the journey in my “last third”

    I am embracing the journey in “last third living.” My mind prepares for what is ahead. I am thankful for all that has brought me to this point. Finishing Arthur Brooks’s book, From Strength to Strength, here are the key reminders for me: Read more

  • The only constant is change

    I think I hate change. I think I hate disruption in my patterns and routines. My fantasy thinking is there should be no change. Yet, change is constant. Our bodies changes on the cellular level constantly. As I age, I grouse about the changes I feel on a bigger level in my body. Still, I… Read more

  • Flourishing out of tragedy

    Arthur Brooks in his book, From Strength to Strength, tells the story of Beethoven. He was trained by great composers and musicians. His talent in composing and on the piano was off the charts. He gradually became deaf in his 30s and what musician can operate without their hearing? Read more

  • The deep, sustaining beauty of relationships

    “I awoke this morning with a devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new. Shall I not call God the Beautiful, who daily showeth himself to me in his gifts? I chide society, I embrace solitude, and yet I am not so ungrateful as not to see the wise, the lovely, and the… Read more

  • Expose death

    We hide the reality of death and dying in America. Ironically, we have an obsession with death or near death in our entertainment, but when the thought of the reality of death comes near, we hide it all too often. Read more