Theology Blog

I continually wrestle with the church and what it means to be the church. I find myself usually wrestling with this on a practical and theoretical level and not enough on a theological level. Even my theological reflection is based on the place, authority, and practice of the church and not so much on its existence or its true intention in the eyes of God. I also find that it is much easier to think about the expression of the church than its nature, just like it is easier to think about what we can do instead of who we are. Some say the church should be a verb and not a noun. I agree even though it might need to be both, but I also sense that it is neither. Instead of thinking about what the church is or what it should do, shouldn’t we also wrestle with the who of the church, who the church is? I admit that these thoughts are wandering a bit, but I also sense God’s movement in my unsettledness.

Thoughts?