Pub Theology

Once a month for the past couple of months I have had the pleasure of getting together with a group of guys at Winslow's Tavern.We gather with the belief that good food, good drinks and good friends creates the ideal space for meaningful conversation. I like to call it Pub Theology.

Pub Theology is based on the belief that Theology is much more than a high academic pursuit, but rather a conversation. A conversation that happens, not locked high away in the library's of Academia; but rather in pubs, coffee shops, restaurants, smoke shops, parking lots, and public parks. A conversation that takes place, not between scholars and professors; but between regular people in every day settings.

Because good theology doesn't seek to escape from the world. It offers a better way of engaging it.

After all, what good is theology if it doesn't offer something to all of us non-scholarly folks?

Why should we care if we don't have a chance to add anything to the conversation?

To bring our story to the table?

And what good is theology if it's always hidden away in a church building?

We shouldn't be ashamed of theology. The theological conversation is a beautiful thing. We should do it in public. Good theology doesn't just happen in a church; it seeks to be the church, especially in the kind of places that Jesus would hang out. 

Theology should be an invitation. It should be a place where any one can come and gather around the table. Theology needs to happen at the local "watering holes" because that is where the people are. Every one from the curious waitress to the guy at the end of the bar who's had a few too many should be invited to be a part of the conversation. After all theology isn't just for the "us" crowd, it's also for the "them" crowd.

It's really about the "All-of-us-together" crowd.

Grace and Peace