Reflection On Relational Theology

The author claims that process theology is most helpful in discussing the relational theology. (4) This means to suggest that it is a better way of expressing and communicating the Christian faith and, also reflecting on the realistic aspect. This leads one onward to discuss the doctrine of God. Here I am reminded of what I heard a farmer say in his interview on the BBC World News stating that he was a “vegetable whisperer.” Upon being asked what he meant by it, whether he talked to the vegetables, he replied saying that he did not talk to his vegetables; rather listened to them while they grew. In my view, this has a connection with my call narration, in which the dead seed is going and growing through the process of humiliation and nurture, …show more content…
One can say that the dead seed is in the hands of God, being observed and shaped well. Noticing the act of a pregnant mother who “listens” to the unborn and developing child in her womb, I questioned a married friend what it meant by such an act for pregnant mothers to do that? She revealed that a mother can listen to the heartbeat and hiccups of a child, and of course feel the kick inside her. I find this relative to the God who listens to us while we are still taking shape in the womb of the circumstances that we have been placed in, to be shaped in our faith. On another level, using my own praying experience as an example, I can state that, though I am aware that prayer is a communication between me and God, the human part of me forgot that talking to God means that God is “listening” to what I am saying in the prayer. As one who was praying, I forgot another part of the reality that when someone is listening to someone, it means they are present with them physically or in spirit, and are receiving them with due love and respect, without a judgmental eye or attitude. This covers the aspect of the Doctrine of God claiming that God is not only omnipotent and omnipresent, but also a Listener who is waiting to listen to us, our heartbeats, what do we feel, and when would we check in with God, because of God waits for God’s children to speak …show more content…
What areas of difficulty did you discover your own thinking and Process thought?
Using my own call narration as an example, and making use of the metaphorical language, one can say that the deed seed inside the Earth, the womb is baptized while it is being conceived. To explain this, one can say that baptism requires, full immersion in water, which the fetus receives inside the dark womb. Metaphorically, the unborn child has been baptized, then how can one claim that the baptism is a required ritualistic task for conversions to certain denominations? One question you have for the