I love this recent post from Kathy Escobar. For me, she captures one of the things I’ve been trying to express for years: why I don’t like “abstract theology”. I obviously have an interest in theology, but I hate when preachers and other Christians just emphasize their systems and doctrines. It seems so detached from real life. I don’t think God is a formula. I think that God is much less interested in our theologies (which can’t all be wholly accurate no matter what people claim) and is much more interested in our lives, comforting us, celebrating with us, and in how we treat others.
Here are a couple of quotes from the article:
- “when we start with real life, God can always, always be found.“
- “what if we started with the premise that God is already at the center of everything… and the best way for him to be revealed is through real life. through our stories, through our friend’s stories, through the world’s stories.“
