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.

Food is a Great Connector…so, now what?

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Laura

Sunday, I tweeted about chicken. Monday someone texted me about coconut flour pancakes. One of the highlights of the month is dinner at Il Fornaio with the gang. One topic of the first ecumenical council (Acts 15) was table fellowship … Continue reading →

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Insight: What does the imago Dei have to do with me?

Posted on November 1, 2009 by Laura

In sum, from looking at Jesus Christ, the perfect image of God, we learn taht the proper functioning of the image includes being directed toward God, being directed toward the neighbor, and ruling over nature.” Anthony A. Hoekema.  Created in … Continue reading →

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Learning to Make Extravagant Prayer Proposals

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Laura

Each week in class, we pray for one student.  We do this not merely because prayer is a good and holy practice, though it is.  We do this because we need to learn to ask God for extravagant things.  We … Continue reading →

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Thinking in Community

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Laura

Lately, I’ve been thinking about thinking.  In fact, over on Laura’s Writings, I’m on my second batch of thinking terms for the Tangentizing Dictionary. As I finished the first round a few weeks ago, I immediately began to wonder what … Continue reading →

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Reminding Ourselves Who We Are

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Laura

When Sanctify began in 2007, one verse, and the surrounding chapter, captured our souls: 17Make them clean by the true word and keep them for yourself. Your word is true. (John 17:17, Worldwide English (New Testament)) Now and again, we … Continue reading →

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