Author Archives: Laura

About Laura

My name is Laura and I am on a journey, pondering the implications of God's glorious design of humanity and integrating sundry aspects of this design into a description of what it means to be the new humanity.

What is faith?

This past week, I’ve been involved in a FB discussion on faith and children and I’ve been stirred to write toward a definition. This post begins that process with a collection of old posts from my other blog. I’ll probably … Continue reading

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Death and Real Life: Eyes Wide Open

My first real memory of death is that of my beautiful green parakeet, Misha Monroe MacArthur, at the jaws of the family Dachshund. Other family pets had died before, but this was the first time my pet had died. I … Continue reading

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Stop Pursuing Spiritual Growth and Start Loving Christ!

In 2009, our church’s motto was, “Passionately pursuing spiritual growth in Christ.” For most of the year, I thought this was a very good motto. On the Sunday that my mind changed, I sat in my normal spot doing my … Continue reading

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Why this illogical silence?

connected by nature and design intertwined by life we, humanity one yet two some in Adam some in Christ some choosing separation some chosen for life we in Christ carry hope this story of suffering of sacrifice of unimaginable price … Continue reading

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Life Insists Upon Itself

I walk a lot. These things happen when you are a transit commuter. Heightened Sensitivity The past week or so, my sensitivity heightened by flowers emerging from sand bags, I have been noticing sundry plants growing in and through pavement. … Continue reading

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