Laura A Phillips's Page

Web site URL

http://www.fccbrla.org

Are you a member of a faith community or church? If so, which one?

First Christian Church Baton Rouge, LA

What are you passionate about?

The many ways we can all experience the Divine in our lives

Three adjectives that describe you...

outgoing
adventureous
grounded

Favorite movies

Pretty eclectic so I like a lot of stuff... Casino Royale, Love Actually, BLOW, Monty Python, Whale Rider, Lord of the Rings, Pride & Prejudice, RENT, Beaches, Rounders, Breakfast Club, Napoleon Dynamite, Monsoon Wedding, Friday Night Lights, Weird Science, Godfather(s), Empire Records, L'Auberge Espagnol and many many more...

Favorite musical artists or genre?

A little bit of everything...Paolo Nutini, Regina Spektor, Joshua Radin, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Dave Matthews, Trace Adkins, Black-Eyed Peas, Jack Johnson, Brad Paisley, Ben Harper, John Mayer, Dixie Chicks, Tenacious D, Nelly, Kelly Clarkson, Charlotte Church O.A.R., Coldplay, She-Daisy, Hootie & The Blowfish, Couting Crows, Sister Hazel, Matchbox 20, Keith Urban (Hes also my lover), Nickel Creek, Dispatch, The Samples, Jack-O-Pierce, Janet Jackson, Jacks Mannequin, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Billy Joel, Aerosmith, 50 Cent, Van Morrison, Van Halen, Ben Lee, Michael Buble, Boston, Natasha Bedingfield, Daniel Bedingfield, Alpha Blondi, Bon Jovi, Virginia Coalition, Eric Clapton, Israel K, Queen and David Bowie.

Favorite quote or Bible verse

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

"Every day, some ordinary person does something extraordinary. Today, it's your turn."

"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”

"Sometimes it is easier to feel the guilt than it is to feel forgiven"

"Smooth seas don't make good sailors"

"A room without books is like a body without a soul"

"live to the point of tears"

"The complacency of ignorance must give way to the responsibility of knowledge"

"I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him"

"Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same"

"Be who you are and say what you feel"

"Some people dance in the rain, others just get wet"

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world"

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter"

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use"