Believe Differently

Theology is not meant to be done in ivory towers by people who call themselves theologians. It is something to be worked out in the blood and guts of ordinary lives. I am convinced - for all sorts of reasons that I hope will come out in future blogs - that theology is something which should be contextualized in real human lives and done in community. In this respect I really loved Nicky’s comment on my blog “More of You”. Nicky writes:

This blog has been on my mind since reading it and I have found it amazingly comforting. I’m not sure why I have never thought in this way before. I have spent so many years knowing God loves me unconditionally but feeling there wasn’t much of me that was “right” enough for Him. However, I can now believe differently… and liken the way God feels for me to the way I have always felt for my own child. There is nothing I would change about his personality, there are no flaws and although there are sometimes a few behavioral adjustments required and lessons he needs to learn, to me he is perfect! Read the rest of Nicky’s comment »

Nicky earths her thinking - theologizing - in the reality of a mother’s love for her son and brings a perspective to the conversation that I, for one, could never of shared if she didn’t. We do theology much better together than we could ever do on our own.