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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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Tag Archives: spiritual formation
Communal Beings Need Communal Learning
I’ve spent many hours in the past few days, reading about creating community in distance education. The basic consensus seems to be that it is crucial, doable, and difficult. In all this, the most amazing thing is how secular educators … Continue reading
Lessons learned from one with a broken body, a will of steel, and a heart after God
In my twenties, my bible study leader had a stroke. The depth of character revealed in his tenacity, honestly, and trust influenced me deeply. Struggle tests our mettle and struggle faced with courage and consistency develops godly dispositions expressed in … Continue reading
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Tagged discipleship, faith development, relationship, spiritual formation
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Moreland Offers Much Needed Correctives in Kingdom Triangle
Kingdom Triangle: Recover the Christian Mind, Renovate the Soul, Restore the Spirit’s Power. By J. P. Moreland. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. 2007. 237 pp. There is a battle for human souls being waged in Western culture and too many Christians … Continue reading
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Tagged being church, book reviews, books, discipleship, spiritual formation, theology
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Insight: Spiritual Training in Community
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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Tagged community, holy spirit, sanctification, spiritual formation
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Insight: Transforming our Deep Beliefs in Community
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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