Author Archives: Laura Navarro

Bloodguilt

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Laura Navarro

I love books, as anyone reading this blog knows. One source for books this year has been Cruciform Press. They publish one book a month, it is a fairly small but powerful book each time. I have a subscription so … Continue reading →

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Book Review – Why God Won’t Go Away

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Laura Navarro

I picked up my latest BookSneeze book today. Why God Won’t Go Away – Is the New Atheism Running on Empty? by Alister McGrath. This was a quick and rather enjoyable read. The author describes the New Atheist movement and … Continue reading →

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On Not Being Comfortable

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Laura Navarro

I picked up a quick read this week. I had heard of Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher and put it on my list of “someday” reads. I finally decided this was the day. The book is short, a tad coarse, … Continue reading →

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Cheerful thoughts on depression

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Laura Navarro

It has been 2 months since I have posted here. Amazing. I have been busy and things are going well, there just hasn’t been time to blog. Back on Sept 5 (just 2 posts ago) I mentioned a new book … Continue reading →

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See things from his perspective

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Laura Navarro

Sharing another article – if you drive on the highways at all you should read this. The truck driver’s story. Then check out this post from Paul Tripp about grace. I love how he reminds us again and again that … Continue reading →

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I shall yet praise Him

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Laura Navarro

In some ways I had a great day Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday morning. Good time with family, lots accomplished this week, found some good things in my files as I was cleaning up. And a great workday at church … Continue reading →

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But isn’t it my job to worry?

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Laura Navarro

Loved this blog post by Tim Challies about worrying. The Bible study my Circle just finished was about breaking the worry habit and the author, Elizabeth George, repeatedly pointed out that we are commanded not to worry and the different … Continue reading →

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Do it again!

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Laura Navarro

I found this one on Desiring God too, then found it in a document I had stored in my files. G. K. Chesterton writes, The sun rises every morning. I do not rise every morning; but the variation is due … Continue reading →

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Love the one you’re with!

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Laura Navarro

This is prompted by two separate things. One convicting and one refreshing! 1. This blog entry from Desiring God this week with a great quote from Dietrich Bonhoeffer. It fits in fairly well with the quote from the Uniformity with … Continue reading →

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Things to count on

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Laura Navarro

A few more papers I ran across redoing my filing: Faith in the purposes of God Faith in the presence of God Faith in the promises of God Faith in the power of God to deliver us in any trouble … Continue reading →

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