Tensegrities

One of my all time favorite authors — Lois McMaster Bujold — was profiled in the Star Tribune today. I read her books over and over, and devour them as soon as they arrive. She’s one of the most interesting theologians I’ve encountered, although I doubt she would consider herself to be one (and needless to say, neither would the academy).

Thomas Reese has an excellent essay in Commonweal making some useful points about what the Vatican could learn from other organizations, in terms of helpful organizational reforms.

“God can take what humans do for evil, and make something good of it,” says Joseph in Genesis. And Rev. Jeremiah Wright quotes him in the context of noting that even with the nefarious things people sought to do by quoting his sermons in sound bites out of context, something good has already come (the speech Sen. Obama gave in Philadelphia).

Take the time and watch the whole interview that Bill Moyers did with Rev. Wright. I can’t think of a more eloquent defense of Christian faith on public television in a very, very long time. I realize that there will still be people out and about who will condemn Rev. Wright, but that simply shows how differing are the realities we live within. I was deeply moved by the interview, and am profoundly hopeful — and hope-filled — that God is doing something good amongst us.