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My website’s formatting disappeared, and the heading changed from LauraBooz.com to “Mindblown: a blog about philosophy”. If you know Word-press and can offer an easy fix to restore the original formatting, would you let me know? Thanks. (Otherwise, feel free to sit back and listen to a few episodes of “Expect Something Beautiful” while I…

God entered in when I least expected it. It was in those moments when I wrapped warm towels around my kids shivering shoulders and served them countless bags of microwavable popcorn. To be with them, to help them to thrive was wonderful. As always, a glimpse of how God must feel about being with us.  And surprisingly,…

 I imagine the instructor sits in the passenger seat, holding a clipboard, and checks off these items as the student navigates tanks of milk from the dairy farms, or loads of green beans to the cannery down the road.  To give you a feel of what that might be like, let’s pop you up in…

About two inches into the timeline, several weeks into the pregnancy, after so much had gone on in the baby’s life, there was a little tick mark with the inscription, “Mother suspects pregnancy.”  I vividly remember my shock when I read that inscription, “Mother suspects pregnancy?” Really? Her child has been going through massive amounts…

Midday light suddenly appeared as if were night. The sky turned dark, the temperature dropped, crickets chirped, stars shown. You could really sense the presence of the moon in the heavens while getting a rare look at the sun’s corona.  People in the right place, at the right time, broke down in tears—tears of joy…

What an image. Talk about a blazing white light. You and I are invited to say so long to the boring life of self-glorification. So long to worldly success, and so long to objectification.  You and I get to run toward true joy and love and friendship, worship. We get to fill our minds with…

I watched him as he walked away. He looked down at the piece of cardboard, and that’s when I realized what I had done. I had just given him a shipping box with our address on it.  My heart was in my throat. I didn’t know who this man was or what he was up…

I was amazed that in her relatively short lifetime, Marie had accomplished a staggering amount of work. She had shared the love of Christ with every person in that room, and I’m sure countless others who would have been there if they could.  I had been so concerned about how Marie was getting anything done,…

I was stopped at an intersection when the driver behind me began honking impatiently. “Okay, Buddy,” I thought to myself. “Just take it easy. I’m doing my best.” I turned left. The driver turned left. No sooner had I started driving down the road than I heard the driver revving his engine. He peeled out beside me,…

Although my podcast is called “Expect Something Beautiful,” in today’s episode, you can Expect Something Alarming. This story STILL sends shivers up my spine, but I hope it will help you to remember how important it is to guard your heart. You are precious in God’s sight and worth protecting. You can listen to the…