sorry if my formatting doesn’t work. But you get my drift, yeah?

To your comment. I reckon theology isn’t something that you can do quickly. While there are ‘light bulb’ moments, they usually come after a long period of thinking, exploring and questioning. Often we have to be confronted with the possiblity that what we have always thought and believed about God/faith might actually be wrong - it shakes and disturbs us. But then that moment comes and a new level of understanding is achieved.

This means that the theological dialogue doesn’t happen in the ‘in between’ moments, but in every moment.

For you, Alison, theology is the discussion between the things of God and the things of your university campus. What possible siginificance could the concept of (for instance) ‘carrying your cross’ mean in that setting? What does ‘carrying your cross’ mean in any setting? Is it relevant at all in our time given that we don’t use crosses to kill people?

You’ll need to answer that before Sunday…;)

grr. rambling. talk to you on Sunday.

and while the word theological is impressive, and has reasons (greek?) for being that word (like biology, other ologies) I think it’s scary to our subconsious. Perhaps a new word or a phrase is in order.

man this is hard to work out! I like talking about various political philosophies, and debating, and thinking about them. Having a group of people to mull theology over is good. Being willing to argue, to accept that you still can be friends even if you disagree. I’m rambling, so I’ll stop now.

I guess it comes down to being willing to argue with yourself, and being open for God to prod you along.

God stuff isn’t just for bible college students and pastors, though they have the “excuse” to spend more time thinking theologically, the rest of us just need to make an effort.