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.

Being a Community of Virtue (Poem)

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Laura

alternative community against culture’s flow distinctives offensive to distorters shaping community ordinary life extraordinary life blending each into all without losing us learning to dance the interplay   community of deeds truth in lived flesh etching channels of habit in … Continue reading →

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Making Time to Think Well is not as Easy as I had Hoped

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Laura

I have discovered an unfortunate truth: If I do not make time to think well, I will not think well.  The other half of the unfortunate truth is that, as a doctoral student, thinking well is a big part of … Continue reading →

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Being Christian in the World: Balancing Breadth and Depth

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Laura

This time last year, Who in the World Are We? was on another platform and focused on a narrow understanding of the Christian community.  Much has changed since then: The blog has moved to WordPress and my understanding of Christian … Continue reading →

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Bodily training is valuable, but…

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Laura

A rather disturbing question came to mind yesterday: Why are we willing to suffer hardship for physical health, but take the easy path for spiritual health? As I think about this question Monday morning, I do not have an answer. … Continue reading →

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Question Everything

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Laura

I base most of my decisions on assumptions. So do you. If this were not the case we would be stymied every time we had to buy groceries. Assumptions are good when based on a correct view of reality; they … Continue reading →

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