Are we all theologians?

There's more to this here.

Yes. It has been two weeks since I've posted.

No, I'm not dead, contrary to a few fatalistic do-gooders' misconception.

My conspicuous (or not) absence over these past two weeks may likely coincide with these first two weeks of the spring quarter...or not.

I actually have a never-ending list of things to write about, but that list competes with my other never-ending lists, so... Well, there you have it.

Anyway.

I was doing a little assigned reading this afternoon for a seminary class tomorrow and found a most excellent excerpt for a three-minute devotional (if you have time for a three-minute egg, you have time for a three-minute devotional-- it is Lent, after all now...). And the post title question is rhetorical, mind you...

Suffice it to say for now, though, that all of us are theologians in one way or another. Being a theologian just means thinking and speaking about God. True, we may not do much of that. We might go for days and weeks without a thought of God entering our heads, but that is usually impossible. Things happen. Accidents. Tragedies. Deaths and funerals. Natural disasters. Illness. Loss. Suffering. Disappointment. Wrongdoing. And so on and on. There is also good fortune. Perhaps unexpected success or escape from danger or certain disaster. Experience of great beauty or pleasure. Sheer grace.

Chance encounters that determine our lives. Love. We begin to wonder. God pops into our thinking and conversation-. We may cry out in agony, "Why God?" or in relief, "Thank God!" Or we may just use God s name in cursing. Sooner or later we are likely to get thinking about God and wondering if there is some logic to it all in our lives, or some injustice. We become theologians.

С Богом.