What is Theological Reflection?

From there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find him if you search after him with all your heart and soul. (Deuteronomy 4:29)

We gathered every Tuesday in Lent for dinner, study, and prayer. As Lent drew to a close, I started hearing various versions of, “This has been wonderful. Do we have to stop?” In conversation with your bishop’s warden and the bishop’s committee, we planned for Game Night on the second Tuesday of the month and dinner and study on the fourth Tuesday. Game Night is pretty self-explanatory - Bring a game, some

snacks, and enjoy one another’s company for a couple of hours. But what about that 4 Tuesday thing?

The first thing to know is that dinner is provided. You don’t have to sign up to bring anything. Attendance doesn’t depend on a trip to the store or prep work in your kitchen. There also isn’t any homework. No book to read. No lesson to prepare. We want

participation to be easy, with no strings attached. And, we want to use that time to deepen our relationship with God. Our time together will begin with a shared meal, then we will have a conversation bridging something ordinary (mundane) with the presence of God (divine) in a process called Theological Reflection.

The term “Theological Reflection” is a little intimidating. Don’t let the name scare you. It is not reserved for those with formal theological training. This is something all Christians can learn how to do. It is a practice, a method, of finding God in everyday things. Theological Reflection begins with anything – a story, a song, an image,

an object – and seeks to answer the questions, “Where is God in that” and “What is my response to God?”

When we practice theological reflection as a group, we learn from one another and practice articulating our own experience of faith. A regular practice of theological reflection helps us approach events in our lives on a theological level. When we practice

looking for God, we get better at finding God.

I invite you to mark your calendar for May 26 from 6-7:30 pm. Join us for dinner, participate in a discussion that reveals the divine in the mundane, and then offer your

prayers. I hope to see you there.