I oftentimes find a disconnect with what I have thought of as “celebrative” Christian attitudes. By this I mean: I find salvation theology often problematic. "Hooray! Jesus died for my sins!“ mentalities do not meet my understanding of God nor the Jesus story and seem to neglect issues of the world.
To the contrary, I found, in listening to celebrative sermons, that the celebration can live in justice moments and passion. I am challenged to rethink my ideas surrounding "salvation” in terms of resurrection.
I am saved (according to my own personal theology) in the sense that in finding Jesus and Christianity, I have found a way to a better world, love, and a family of people who are committed to that loving world. Thanksgiving and joy are appropriate responses to that truth, even if my personal theology doesn’t understand Jesus as dying for my sins.
A challenge that I am trying to address as part of my seminary experience is how to use Christian “jargon” in ways that are authentic to my self while also compatible with more popular Christian theological understandings.
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