SPIRITUAL HEALTH
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Who is the author?
My name is Laura and I am on a journey, pondering the implications of God's glorious design of humanity and integrating four aspects of this design—spiritual, intellectual, affective, and physical health—into a description of whole life health.
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Spiritual Health
Being a Community of Virtue (Poem)
Being Christian in the World: Balancing Breadth and Depth
SPIRITUAL HEALTH
This time last year, Who in the World Are We? was on another platform and focused on a narrow understanding of the Christian community. Much has changed since then: The blog has moved to Wordpress and my understanding of Christian community how considers four aspects of health in the world: spiritual, intellectual, physical,...
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Bodily training is valuable, but…
PHYSICAL HEALTH
A rather disturbing question came to mind yesterday: Why are we willing to suffer hardship for physical health, but take the easy path for spiritual health? As I think about this question Monday morning, I do not have an answer. But I do not think I need an answer. What I need is...
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What is the journey if the destination is beingness?
SPIRITUAL HEALTH
Called to follow,
the end unrevealed,
the companion certain.
Trust acknowledges risk
and sets it where it belongs.
Fellow-trusters alongside,
we journey on
to him.
Informant:
Dissident Discipleship: A Spirituality of Self-Surrender, Love of God, and Love of Neighbor
by David Augsburger
Brazos Press (June 1, 2006)
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What does it look like to study in community?
SPIRITUAL HEALTH
I’ve been pondering the practice of communal bible study using potluck as a metaphor. I find the similarities intriguing. In both cases, participants are expected bring something to share with the group. There are usually general assignments made (e.g., in a potluck, often those with surnames ending A-L bring salad and a main...
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Giving up a Latte is not Suffering
If suffering is the result of wholeheartedly setting aside our needs and desires for the good of the Kingdom and its King, then who we are as humanity and who we are becoming as the new humanity in Christ cannot occur apart from suffering.
It seems to me that “wholeheartedly” ought to be modified, nearly...
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Following as Community in a Sea of Distraction
Spiritual formation begins when we acknowledge Jesus as the one true sovereign among the many possible sovereigns.
We are so easily distracted. Needs, real and imagined, external and internal, impose themselves upon our hearts and we are drawn away from the intention to love our one true sovereign. If Jesus is the context that...
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A Review of Christian Archy
by 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 entity that has nothing to do with biblical Christianity; the way forward from Christendom to Christian archy is to return to the proclamation and practice of...
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What has Kierkegaard to do with our common life?
Our relational life is both subjective and objective. Subjectively, our various perspectives interact in mutual influence, producing freshness and creativity that are otherwise unlikely. Objectively, our trust connection to Christ produces essential communality spanning time and culture.
Both are required in our common life and if subjectivity or objectivity are missing, then we are incomplete.
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How do you intend to respond to his appearing?
January 6, is celebrated as Epiphany by Christians in the East and the West. For those in the East, it is a remembrance of Christ’s presentation at his baptism by John (Matt 3:13-17). For those in the West, it is a remembrance of his appearance to the Gentiles, as represented by the...
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