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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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communal formation Archive
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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. -
What can we do to create a community that’s honest about its ecclesiology?
Posted on 2009/07/05 | 2 CommentsOver at Outside is Better, Chad Brooks is calling us to tell the truth about ecclesiology in the local church. He opens with three Ally Bank commercials that expose the... -
Mission without the Sacred-Secular Dichotomy
Posted on 2009/02/10 | 1 CommentUPDATED 2/11/09 Question: Given the identity of church, what are the activities that would express that identity and by what criteria are those expressions to be evaluated? For too long,... -
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... -
Learning Truth Through Intuition
Posted on 2009/01/02 | No CommentsIntuitive Knowledge as Leveraging Empirical and Rational Knowledge Through intuitive knowing we innately process the empirical and rational knowledge we have built into our hearts. We leverage this by intentional... -
Learning to Learn
Posted on 2008/11/03 | No CommentsReading this week Learning to Learn: Toward a Philosophy of Education Jerry H. Gill 262 pages Publisher: Humanity Books (August 2000) Referenced Persons Michael Polanyi Maurice Merleau-Ponty Ludwig Wittgenstein Jacques... -
How do Corporate and Individual Faith Work?
Posted on 2008/09/13 | No CommentsLaunching Quote A vital point about Isa 6:9-13 that is fundamentally important for our treatment of Jesus’ quotation is that the repentance and healing mentioned in verse 10 is not... -
What makes us fully devoted followers of Christ?
Posted on 2008/09/05 | 1 CommentIn preparation for this coming Sunday sermon, Pastor Charlie has asked us to consider what we think are the most important things we can do to develop ourselves into fully... -
The Place of Emotions in Communal Spiritual Formation
Posted on 2008/08/25 | No CommentsAs interpretive perceptions, emotions can be right or wrong about the situation, true or false of it. And they are motivational. As concern-based, the are affected by what the subject...
