Theology

Reflections on Listening for God

While going through the story , `The Welcome Table ' in Listening for God the words that echoed through my heart was Blessed are the pure at heart for they shall see God . Though Alice Walker seems to have diluted it by trying to make the old lady a little bit `off-track saying that she was singing in her mind all along , it was inevitable that she should see her Lord come to receive her to the `better place Somehow Walker has made her point very clear to us in

a method that comes naturally to her . Taking a closer look at the story , I found that often through the rituals and celebration that go on within the church we forget the meaningful words of our Lord that God is spirit and those who worship him must worship in spirit and in Truth (John 4 :24 (Walker ,A . The Very short introduction series on Theology has given a specific view on the Christological values . Ford is open enough not to limit his views within the scope of Christian theology and in his introduction he states that such is the scope of religion in the world today that more than 4 or 5 billion people are directly or indirectly affected by it in their day to day life . So the book receives ample scope to interpret the literature of Walker (Worship in Spirit and Truth (2010

Whatever explanation about racialism and color may be put forward , the fact...