Category Archives: who are we?

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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Insight: Spiritual Training in Community

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Laura

We’ve all heard the analogies: the Lone Ranger had Tonto, a coal taken out of the fire dies, no man is an island.  These are surely overused.  But they are also true, for “it is not good for the human … Continue reading →

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Insight: Transforming our Deep Beliefs in Community

Posted on October 11, 2009 by Laura

We think we know what we believe until, in an unguarded moment, we do or say something utterly out of character.  Then our true beliefs are revealed–and it’s often not a pretty picture. In his book, Wasting Time With God … Continue reading →

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Insight: It’s all Relative…sort of

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Laura

There is a notion afoot: truth is relative. Well, this is a false claim.  What is relative?  Significance–the meanings we attach to truth–is relative.  In the appendix of his book, Christianity with Power, Charles Kraft says, meanings lie in people, … Continue reading →

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When you say “church” what do you mean?

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Laura

NOTE: For my take, see, “When I say ‘church,’ what do I intend?“ Over the past few weeks, this blog has been found by person(s) searching for an “ordinary understanding of church.”   This has prompted my thinking: What do you … Continue reading →

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