Listening to the stirring of the soul

Sometimes, almost often, Western Medicine has come to the rescue.  It’s true!  Really, and I’m grateful, so very grateful!  Today marks the 15 year anniversary of my brain aneurism.  It’s quite an emotional day for me; I seem to be so aware of everything around me:  my skin, the smells in the air, the people around me, the noises, and even my scar that will be with me for life!  I’m grateful for today-truly grateful!  Today is about life and enjoy the prose of life, which is so very delicate.  I celebrate life-I celebrate myself and those who are situated around me!  I’m grateful for friendship, family, and the love that is so very good to me which is couched in the deep recesses of my heart, stirring my soul ever so softly-the craft of theology, of course!

Theology, in its variety of expressions-public, systematic, constructive, historical, philosophical, etc-has always had a special place in my heart.  It is, after all, what I know best.  I chase after meaning; I always have.  I suppose it was a bit of an existential phenomenon propelling me toward something greater, something rooted in meaning-something that is perhaps beyond me?  Yes, I do think that is what theology offers the world:  a craft/an expression of reality/life that invites us into community.

As I consider my own contribution to the world of theology/ the craft of theology, I am mindful of my framework being that of a Latin American Feminist Liberation Theologian.  I am mindful that community is hugely important and if I, as a theologian, don’t pursue the study of community and critique the ways in which the secular world is creating and perpetuating community, then the voice of theology, her gifts and graces, won’t sustain and give life to the world.  This is only part and parcel of my contribution to the world of theology, as I consider the stirring of my soul.

So, pursuing justice is walking the road of the craft of theology and re-entering the academy.  It is the what stirs my soul and captivates my heart!