The word of the week is: Turbidity.

This week’s column looks at the “disturbance” to our local water system due to a major storm.  The cloudy water was undrinkable for weeks.  Too turbid, too much “suspended matter” for safe use.  See any connections to theology?

An excerpt from “Turbidity in Thinking and Believing”

“When it comes to suspended matters of faith, maybe turbidity is a word we should consider. The sense of something being very muddy and unclear applies well to many theological notions. In deep studies of Religion and Theology in college and seminary, we students were often swimming around in muddy waters—we couldn’t swallow it all. Turbid theology can be a thick disturbance in the brain. After explaining some unexplainable concept, a professor would joke: “clear as mud?” Of course. We were ready for the exam, maybe not for the pulpit.”

Read the full column this weekend.