tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post8397578788066267932..comments2024-03-28T10:26:20.408-04:00Comments on Ponderings on a Faith Journey: A Good Enough Theology (Bruce Epperly)Robert Cornwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04581876323110725024noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-85185341888411611602010-08-11T07:53:52.287-04:002010-08-11T07:53:52.287-04:00You set a very large table. Good!
We have much...You set a very large table. Good! <br /><br />We have much to learn from different people, traditions, and experiences. Personally, I've experienced moments of clarity and grace while meditating on different understandings of God, Christ, and Church. <br /><br />With Doug I find the constant to be compassionate living. The one thing that has never changed for me is the power that the concept of seeing Christ in the person right in front of me (Matt. 25) has. This has always made intuitive sense to me, ever since I was a teen. It is central to my experience of God. I believe this is why I'm called as a chaplain. I get to sit at the feet of Jesus daily! Further, people at their most vulnerable have somebody sitting with them who honors them. It is a win win.<br /><br />Paul and James disagreed on many things. So much so that they decided to "be together" in different places! (wisdom in that) However, they agreed on one thing -- care for the poor.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18396901667077846319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-23945381061463589352010-08-11T01:33:47.194-04:002010-08-11T01:33:47.194-04:00I, too, enjoy trying to describe the abstract qual...I, too, enjoy trying to describe the abstract qualities of theology. Yet, if it isn't grounded - if it does not involve how we attend to and improve the lives of others – by feeding them, quenching their thirst, clothing them, visiting them in prison, healing them, and welcoming them - and if it does not include personal transformation - then our theology is meaningless because it is useless.Doug Sloannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-2769683910723674702010-08-10T09:00:52.360-04:002010-08-10T09:00:52.360-04:00I think I remember stating i was more apophatic th...I think I remember stating i was more apophatic than kataphatic and Bruce, the prof of the class, told me to blend the two. i used the zen parable to illustrate how i was both. i am VERY happy to read it here again and it takes me back to that discussion and Bruce's good advice. he totally rawks!Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03734930079710820207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-76820256660447315822010-08-10T08:10:22.183-04:002010-08-10T08:10:22.183-04:00Bruce,
Walter Breuggemann is fond of the term &qu...Bruce,<br /><br />Walter Breuggemann is fond of the term "penultimate" to describe this notion. We do the best we can to discern the Truths of God, but our understanding is always, even when at iss most accurate, only penultimate: not quite accurate, not quite the actuality of the genuine truth, and not quite what we will know and believe tomorrow. But for now it is the best we can do, so long as we are humble enough to bear in mind this notion of penultimacy.<br /><br />JohnJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06245470576919732592noreply@blogger.com