Theology Blog

I have just finished 12 days of time in Pasadena, CA for my first doctoral cohort class. It was an amazing time and it was very fruitful. This doctoral work is hard, but it is also amazing, meaningful and challenging. I have found that my mind is more engaged and thoughtful than it has ever been and I have loved the journey so far. It is hard to even consider thinking about theology after the past two weeks, let alone blog about it. Yet, for me there is a need to not allow my brain to take too much of a break. We spent much of this past week discussing, formulating and recreating a model for practical theology. It was amazing work and it will be published by the professor this fall. It was a holy undertaking with kingdom implications. It was also a reminder that we must always think theologically within context (hopefully I have been in the habit of doing this well already). We all have a theology whether we know it or not, and that theology influences and shapes our lives. After some powerful yet intense discussions of theology this week, my brain hurts too much to really talk theology, but I would encourage the readers of this blog to join me in wrestling with what your theology is and take that to God and the Scriptures as He continues to reveal himself to us.