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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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Ephesians Archive
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Being Church: Connection, Participation, and Process
Posted on 2011/11/07 | No CommentsConsider: When do you see the body, building, and bride images in your local congregation? Church as Body Church as Building Church as Bride As church, are we a gathering... -
When I say “church,” what do I intend?
Posted on 2010/09/28 | 2 CommentsAbout this time last year, I asked, “When you say ‘church,’ what do you mean?“ I return to the question for a deeper look. Church or Church or Church or... -
A Review of Christian Archy
Posted on 2010/01/08 | No Commentsby David Allen Black Gonzalez, FL: Energion Publications (C) 2009, 43 pages, $9.99 (paper) Flow of Thought Chapter 1: The church was subverted by Christendom into a self-sufficient and self-important... -
Where have facts challenged your belief?
Posted on 2009/12/06 | No CommentsPropositional knowledge is supported by good evidence, is rational, and makes sense. It corresponds to the way things actually are and we live our lives trusting its truth. Early in... -
Disagreeing to the Glory of God
Posted on 2009/08/24 | 1 CommentEvery church has at least few issues: some more than others. But what do you do when you’ve been called to a church where the very structure is non-biblical and... -
Training in Ordinary Life: Trying Out Our Skills
Posted on 2009/07/31 | 2 CommentsA week from tomorrow, we have our first monthly meal since deciding to train in ordinary life. The question of how to be intentional without being awkward still looms. I’ve... -
Learning to be the Church in our City
Posted on 2009/07/14 | 2 CommentsLiving in LA, we forget the ends of the earth come here (Ac1:8). Thanks, @danlim, for reminding us. -
Open Letter to the Sanctify! Dreaming Team
Posted on 2009/02/07 | 1 CommentAs we have seen in Isaiah, God holds individuals and communities responsible for their behavior. In addition, individuals may experience discipline for community behavior, even if their own behavior is... -
Communal Formation and Disciple Making as Systems
Posted on 2009/02/03 | No CommentsUpdate: Feb 4, 2009 (Thanks to input from Jeff, Prib, and Plock) Initial version Changes “discipleship” merged into “Disciples in Training” “conversion” –> “Trusting to repentance” corrected direction of disciplers-to-Disciples... -
Resources for the Study of Ephesians 4:11-16
Posted on 2008/09/18 | No CommentsUpdates as they are found… Arnold, Clinton E. Ephesians, Power and Magic: The Concept of Power in Ephesians in Light of Its Historical Setting. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University...
