Our theological, philosophical, and scientific
configurations are so often supposed to represent absolute precision. We
tenaciously hold on to them come hell or high water. They effectively immerse
us in a sterilized vat of facts, where mystery and imagination are forced to
undergo the steady drip of a powerful anesthetic that aims to keep us under
control and on the true path. But what happens? God breaks through. Curiosity
and questioning begin to surface and unqualified exactitude is shattered. All
of a sudden we’re free/falling with seemingly nothing to hold on to, unanchored
in a violent sea of uncertainty. Such an experience, though disconcerting and
complicated, is unavoidable, but should be considered a necessary development
that will hopefully lead us towards embracing and standing for truer views of
philosophy, science, and theology, where mystery and imagination are part of
life with God, the other, and the world.
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