Who is the author?
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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communal formation Archive
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Communal Beings Need Communal Learning
Posted on 2009/12/15 | No CommentsI’ve spent many hours in the past few days, reading about creating community in distance education. The basic consensus seems to be that it is crucial, doable, and difficult. In... -
Knowing as Knowing How
Posted on 2009/12/07 | No CommentsSome knowledge is learned through practice, applying mind and body to mental and physical skills, until they are nearly hardwired. In the year plus that TNBS has been studying Isaiah,... -
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... -
Christianity is a Relational Encounter
Posted on 2009/12/05 | No CommentsThere are things we learn person-to-person, face-to-face, in the length and depth of sensory encounter, that we cannot otherwise learn. My guys have taught me such things: grace in difficulty,... -
Community Reveals Itself in the Ordinary
Posted on 2009/11/13 | No CommentsMost weeks after Bible study, conversation continues after the “formal time” has ended. The dialogue can include anything from cultural prejudice to computer games to the problem of evil to... -
Our Neighborhood has been Recognized!
Posted on 2009/11/08 | No CommentsLast night, two of us from the monthly Il Fornaio crew went there without the crew. The hostess and some of the wait staff said, “Only two?” (We informed them... -
Ecclesiology Wrap: September 5 through September 11
Posted on 2009/09/12 | No CommentsDecisions and Status Going off the Map: Mark Carey shares the beginning of the journey that St Mary’s Harrogate (the About page is well worth a read) is taking to... -
What should we mean by “greener pastures”?
Posted on 2009/07/16 | 3 CommentsWhat do we mean by "greener pastures" and what, if any, are our responsibilities in connection with them? -
Why do I “go to church”?
Posted on 2009/07/16 | No CommentsCalled to institutional church & drawn to house church--how do these fit together? -
Can spiritual formation take place on the web?
Posted on 2009/07/15 | 4 CommentsCan we learn, train, and form as church in virtual space?
