Reflections into Repetition

“The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it” sounds like a suitably sabre-rattling battle cry from a suitably influential mouthpiece - but maybe we’ve had quite enough of people trying to change the world. Maybe a modest revision from a lay-theologian: “The theologians have only interpreted the worldliness, in various ways; the point is to show how funny it all is”.

Drawing on Barth, Hauerwas, Kierkegaard, and Wesley (amongst myriad other influences), I intend to offer a prod that, at worst, might make you laugh; at best, it might make someone laugh and find a cause for concern. I offer nothing more ambitious than that: if one person can be reached by these erratic scribblings on a corner of the internet, then more good has been brought into the world than I might otherwise offer in a month of Sundays.

Leave a comment, tell me why I’m wrong, or - the genuinely unthinkable - tell me why I might have accidentally said something correct here that has caused you to pause for thought.

God bless.