From April on Theology of Vocation
Last month we helped you to see the Four Realms and how a Congregation can support its members and the understanding of Vocation in each of those Realms (it may have been a lot). This month we are going to talk first about the Theology of Place, and then how this may help us better understand the Theology of Vocation. The Theology of Place isn’t that complicated. It starts back in Genesis either with Garden of Eden where God is walking in the Garden, Jacob’s ladder to Heaven, Jacob wrestling with God, etc. It continues in Exodus as God establishes his presence in the place of Sinai or the place of the Tent of Meeting. Then further with the Holy of Holies throughout the Old Testament. Finally, the Theology of Place takes on a new character with Jesus being the place where God comes to be with his people. So the foundation for the Theology of Place is that God has established or promised to be with his people in certain places. In Church on Sunday morning God promises to be with us....