blogging by a pond

Sitting by a pond at Exeter University about to meet a theologian from Singapore for lunch, he's the dad of one of my kid's friends and sounds really interesting. I get so inspired by these theologian guys that commit their lives to grappling with scripture on our behalf but I guess sometimes they can feel dis-located from the generalmass or body of the church. St Mary's in London have a resident theologian - how cool is that, training folks for ordination and ministry etc... A top theological mind but integratedintothe life of the church, feels loved, feels part, feels the joy of belonging .. anyway off to see him now and the ducks send their love.

Steve

Later... He was amazing and selling Karl Barth to me as a dude to read - and from what he was saying about Barth it looks like some good stuff. His whole PhD research programme is on Barth.