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.

To Wait is not the same as To Tarry

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Laura

Waiting—Synonyms Wait, tarry imply pausing to linger and thereby putting off further activity until later. Wait usually implies staying for a limited time and for a definite purpose, that is, for something expected: to wait for a train. Tarry is … Continue reading →

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Meatless Monday is Misguided

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Laura

This morning on KPCC, I heard a report about Meatless Monday. It shows up in my Twitter feed as well. Frankly, today I had to say something: humans are designed to eat meat! The Meatless Monday site lists several reasons … Continue reading →

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Live like ya mean it

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Laura

Not sure why, but when I ran across this old post today, I felt the need to re-post.  Now, just to clarify, I’m not feeling pummeled by ministry right now (despite working on a rather large curriculum project, it’s a … Continue reading →

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Pondering the Opposable Mind

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Laura

How does everything fit together? That’s what I’ve been wondering. Well, I’m back with a short post flowing out of my current academic distraction: dreaming up an Institute for Integrative Christian Thought (ICT). Tall order and it’s only in the … Continue reading →

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Ramping Up My Strength Training

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Laura

PHYSICAL HEALTH The last week of May, I started on a plan to work my way up to 10 minutes of upper body strength exercises (done tabata-style).  I’m narrowing it down to upper body because I do miles of walking … Continue reading →

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