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My name is Laura and these are the wonderings of a theologically trained ponderer (me), writing out-loud, while working to help form her small corner of the church.Read more about Laura and the blog:
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Category Archives: who are we?
What Difference should it make that the people in a parachurch are Church?
I work at a parachurch organization, Biola University. It is not a church. Still, the people, if they told the truth on the application, are church, for they trust Christ. For those of us raised in the institutional church, this … Continue reading
Responding to Joy Stealers
Sometimes in the worship gathering, everything clicks. The truth of lyric and sermon combine with emotion and folks realize why they are there: to proclaim God’s worth. Unfortunately, I’ve noticed another feature of such occurrences: joy stealers. Joy stealers can … Continue reading
Neighborhood Happens
Wednesday morning, the bus to campus had a detour. In itself, this is rare, but not notable. In fact, the detour was rather routine, except for one thing: this was the driver’s first time going off route and the dispatcher’s … Continue reading
Insight: What does the imago Dei have to do with me?
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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Thinking in Community
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
