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My name is Laura and these are the wonderings of a theologically trained ponderer (me), writing out-loud, while exegeting her way through Ephesians and working to help form her small corner of the New Humanity in Christ.
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Archive for October, 2009
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Learning to Make Extravagant Prayer Proposals
Posted on 2009/10/30 | No CommentsEach week in class, we pray for one student. We do this not merely because prayer is a good and holy practice, though it is. We do this because we... -
Thinking in Community
Posted on 2009/10/26 | No CommentsLately, I’ve been thinking about thinking. In fact, over on Laura’s Writings, I’m on my second batch of thinking terms for the Tangentizing Dictionary. As I finished the first round... -
Reminding Ourselves Who We Are
Posted on 2009/10/23 | No CommentsWhen Sanctify began in 2007, one verse, and the surrounding chapter, captured our souls: 17Make them clean by the true word and keep them for yourself. Your word is true.... -
Insight: Spiritual Training in Community
Posted on 2009/10/18 | No CommentsWe’ve all heard the analogies: the Lone Ranger had Tonto, a coal taken out of the fire dies, no man is an island. These are surely overused. But they are... -
Stop Pursuing Spiritual Growth!
Posted on 2009/10/15 | 6 CommentsOur church’s motto for 2009 is, “Passionately pursuing spiritual growth in Christ.” Until a few Sundays ago, I thought this was a very good motto. On the Sunday that my... -
Insight: Transforming our Deep Beliefs in Community
Posted on 2009/10/11 | No CommentsWe think we know what we believe until, in an unguarded moment, we do or say something utterly out of character. Then our true beliefs are revealed–and it’s often not... -
Pondering City Church: An Introduction
Posted on 2009/10/05 | 2 CommentsLast year (2008), Alan Knox started a chain blog, dialoging on the NT concept of “city church.” I’ve been pondering this topic since July of this year and Alan recommended... -
Insight: It’s all Relative…sort of
Posted on 2009/10/04 | No CommentsThere is a notion afoot: truth is relative. Well, this is a false claim. What is relative? Significance–the meanings we attach to truth–is relative. In the appendix of his book,... -
Still Working on Balance
Posted on 2009/10/02 | No CommentsThe lack of posting here is evidence that balancing school, work, church, and blogging is difficult: blogging has taken a tiny break, at least in the public eye. I am...
