March 11, 2026

I wish I could write as well as Brian Doyle – who died too young – or as well as Annie Dillard or even David James Duncan. To point to God the way they do in their writing is a delight to read in words. Theology is God-talk. Words. And even though the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, all our little “w” words are inadequate to the reality of God as the big “W” Word.

Theologians – those who “talk about God” – recognize how all human speech about God is limited, contingent, finite, and narrow. We humans can only perceive so much, know so much, and speak so much about the Divine. Brian Doyle writes of God as the “Mystery we do not understand.” David James Duncan writes about the “God Who Laughs and Plays.” Annie Dillard writes of the “Something that is everywhere and always amiss.” My short declaration about God is “God is a God of Been-There-Done-That, what’s next?”

As we continue our Lenten journey towards the Easter event, I invite you to consider your “definition” of God. Has your understanding of God changed over the years? And, I would love to talk theology with you at any time.

Rev. Eric