That’s just my box talking: theology and creativity
Practically speaking, a lot of Christians think of theology like a box.
They think it forms the walls and lid for our minds and souls. The box shelters us from evil. Creativity — thinking outside the box — represents some kind of disruptive assault on all that is right and good.
We Christians have a hard time knowing when to be orthodox and when to be groundbreaking. There’s not much room for creativity when it comes to theology. It’s a set system. And that’s ok. But, it’s harmful to let our fixed theology calcify our minds.
The easy and lazy path is to be conservative in everything and fight change of every kind.
If you’re the kind of person that is threatend by change, I’m not judging you. I’m just inviting you to consider that you’re predisposition to favor the status quo (to be conservative) may be the function of other factors — your personality, your past experiences, your personal preferences.
In other words, if you don’t like Jackson Pollock, it’s not God’s fault. Read more
