I love when my work at the Century intersects with other parts of my life. That happened this week, as my online faith community held its first meeting of our Going Deeper discussion group. We are gathering on Zoom each week to discuss one new CC article, using the free Going Deeper resource as our conversation guide. (You can sign up for Going Deeper here.)
The article we chose for our first meeting was Debie Thomas’s lovely reflection on Christian worship. She wrestles with whether the Bible’s many instructions for us to worship imply that God is a megalomanic with a fragile ego. This essay proved to be a great springboard for discussion about worship, spiritual formation, and our own journeys of faith. To top it all off, I got the chance to chat with Debie herself about these topics in our video of the week.
“Is there something missing in God that we human beings supply with our regular contributions of praise? A more cynical reframing of the question might be: Is God a megalomaniac?”
“All theology is speculative, some is experimental, but the cornerstone of any theology is experience—experience that includes my sister’s conversations with our ghostly mom.”
“The best monsters never stay dead, and Leviathan is God’s forever foe. Fought and slain in days already ancient to the biblical writers, the sea monster promises to resurface for another round, destined to be slain again.”
“According to Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway, the notion of magical markets and toxic governments arose from an unholy alliance of business interests, conservative intellectuals, and evangelical leaders.”
