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A thought that has been weighing on me: if a theological take can’t survive pastoral care, it’s tertiary at best to me at this point
I struggle to care what books are read or written when I believe our theology and the energy we put into talking about it needs to go towards on the ground ways to help people heal (acknowledging that this can look different in different spaces)
In my sobriety&recovery work, & in spiritual direction, when I encounter people who are unfamiliar with Christianity, or traumatized by the ways they’ve been treated by the Church, this is what they are seeking: opportunities to heal & to do so inside the knowledge & love of God
& you can read/write books & also do this-they aren’t mutually exclusive; this tweet is coming from someone who desires further education in practical theology, so I am not anti-theological education in the slightest, but I am very concerned about what we *do* with that education
I just have a growing concern that we move further and further away from offering the best gift of the Church when we clutter the timeline with takes, myself included
Like the gift is there, the gift that I believe changed every fiber of my being in this life & in the next, & I’m able to see it, but I worry others won’t be able to find it because it is shrouded.. & I recognize my own participation in the shrouding & am taking it to confession
