Needless to say, I've never been very good at keeping a diary or other such things. They have always seemed somewhat trivial, dealing with my own thoughts and reflections. However, I thought of an idea to help me blog, and yet not be just about me. I'm going to be keeping a blog of my thoughts on books that I'm reading- not my sci-fi stash that just goes on and on, but on the theology and church related books that I'm reading. The basic format is that I'll summarize what I think the book I'm reading says, then offer my own thoughts on it. This will not always interest everyone, but I'm hopeful that this will be interesting enough to me that I'll keep the blog and my continuing theological reading current and interesting. I invite any and all to comment or question what I'm reading and my thoughts. Feel free to express yourself.
All that being said, I'm going to start with a book that I've started before and never finished. It's called "The Trinity and the Kingdom" and it's by Jurgen Moltmann. Generally I've always appreciated how Moltmann addresses issues. A friend of my (go Amanda!) once summed it up something like this: good ol' Molty will explain the historical situation of where an idea came from and then trace how it is developed through time up until the present. Only once he has done that will he say what he thinks about a given topic. This attention to tradition and context that he gives I find facinating and helpful in trying to understand if these concepts are still applicable today.
In any case, I hope this is helpful (or at least somewhat intersting).
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