Unpublished: Theology Is Personal

I always like to remind people that I'm not a theologian. To be sure, all Christians are called to be theologians. And I'm more than happy to own the tag "theologian" when it's framed as a lay calling. But I've never been to seminary and I don't teach theology or biblical studies. I can't read Greek or Hebrew. There are classics texts in the field that I've never read. I have huge areas of ignorance.

For me, theology has been a very personal pursuit, a quest for answers to the questions at the heart of my faith journey. I am a theologian looking for answers to my questions. If I'm reading a theology book and it doesn't have anything relevant to the questions I'm pursuing I quickly get bored and move on.

Theologically, I'm a hunter, not a scholar.

--an unpublished post reflecting on the choices I make in my theological reading