Extraordinary Theology

The Good News Today Is....we all get to develop our own theology. Some may think that theology is something we learn from a book, but recently I have had my idea of what theology is challenged. In the book Confessions of a Beginning Theologian theology is explained quite differently. "It's about learning to discern the extraordinary hand of God in the midst of ordinary time filled with people doing ordinary things." I was just commenting to a friend whose husband needs care in a hospital that is further from home than the usual hospitals. Twice this week myself and a family member have been randomly scheduled for meetings in the city where my friend is all alone sitting vigil at her husband's bedside. We have been able to go "help her sit" when typically we would not have been able to travel that distance to visit. God's hand is in this. While we were going about our ordinary day, we had an ordinary visit with a friend in an extraordinary way. Now that's not deep theology, but it's a beginning - a beginning of understanding a relationship with God. It's a good place to begin.