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.

Communicating reality: the glory and the corruption

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Laura

In his Stone lectures, which I read in abridged form, Kuyper proposes Calvinism as a life system from which all of life and thought can be engaged; persons having Calvinism as their worldview are ready to follow Christ at the … Continue reading →

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Learning to see reality

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Laura

We all have filters that distort our perception of reality and we all need filters to adequately communicate our perceptions and understandings to others. To communicate reality, our filters must align with reality; the more our filters align with reality, … Continue reading →

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Dancing in the overlapping neighborhoods

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Laura

What would happen if we intentionally connected our overlapping communities? I don’t mean getting all of the folks at work or school to start attending your church or all the folks at church to get a job at your firm. … Continue reading →

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Why should we become better interpreters of glory?

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Laura

Why should we become better interpreters of glory? There ought to be something beyond the pleasure of the knowing (though this is a worthy secondary purpose). I will suggest discerning and interpreting glory as an inherent component of the reformation … Continue reading →

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Becoming better interpreters of glory

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Laura

I have a theory about human engagement with creation. This theory is based on our shared reflection of God’s glory. Humanity shares this reflection of glory with all creation, though we are the only non-heavenly creatures to do so self-consciously. … Continue reading →

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