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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.

Unity in Division??

Universal and Local, posted on April 29, resulted in a conversation with Mark H and Carl that raised some very important points about unity and division. Two of those points are referenced below. ========================== But I find it at least … Continue reading

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Universal and Local

I have been reading parts of Volf’s After Our Likeness for Contemporary Theology. Chapter 7 (the focus of my reading) is about the catholicity of the church in relation to God as trinity. A more detailed discussion will likely follow … Continue reading

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Questions to Consider–part 2

More initial questions for my Th.M. thesis: What might ecclesiology look like with a missional push and an eschatological pull? In other words, if ecclesiology on earth exists on the trajectory from missiology to eschatology, then in what does essential … Continue reading

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Kierkegaard on Knowing God

A PRECIS on Soren Kierkegaard, Concluding Unscientific Postscript: Part II, Section 2, Chp. 2 (189-224) Edited and modified January 6, 2010 SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT True knowledge of God is subjective, not objective. Subjective knowledge is true because it properly … Continue reading

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Questions to Consider–part 1

A couple weeks ago I started a (paper) journal for my Th.M. thesis. It is intended as a place for ponderings, research notes, gathered bits, etc. When the bits coalesce sufficiently, I will post them here. Here are some initial … Continue reading

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