WTS Days 2 & 3

I got so busy I missed blogging about the last couple of days at WTS. In the picture section I have lots of pics of friends who were there. Three quick reflections on the whole event.

1. I think I counted six PazNaz people who were presenting or responding to papers. It is very exciting - and at times a little humbling - to pastor a church with so many very thoughtful and refelctive believers.

2. The picture is of Jurgen Moltmann. It is always a rare treat to be with someone who has so greatly impacted Christian theology. The most terrifying moment - there isn't even a close second - was a few years ago when I was at a conference presenting a paper I had written on Moltmann, Worship, and Hope and about three paragraphs into the presentation he walked into the room. Afterwards in his wonderful German accent he said, "That was a vunderful paper. You are totally wrong about hope, but I still thought it vas interesting."

3. I love participating in the academic world, but now that I am in the church world most of the time, I'm always saddened by the divide between those two worlds.