As many of you will know, I’ve long been a supporter of the position that the Bible is not a historical or scientific text, and that treating it as such does it a disservice. That there’s a fundamental difference between “truth” and “fact.”

Well, I’ve been doing some more reading in “Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire.” I still have a hard time following it, because it uses a lot of theology “lingo” like “praxis” and “escotology” so that I’m always asking Wendy what they mean. But part of the reading I did tonight sort of “jumped out” at me. They broke the Biblican narrative down into a six act play, with each act representing a different aspect of the narrative. And, according to this analysis, we are right now in the middle of Act V.

It really gives a different perspective, to see yourself as a part of that story, rather than outside of it. What made it even more compelling was the nature of the “play.” The “author” hasn’t handed us a script for the remainder of the play – this is improv!

Now, before anybody goes crazy on me, this isn’t saying that God is “making it up as he goes along.” That’s not what improv is about. Good improv can often have a specific end-goal in mind, and is always in keeping with what has already happened. It’s just the methods of getting from where we are now to that known end-state that are fluid.

I like that metaphor. Unfortunately, I’ve never considered myself to be very good at improv. It scares me. As does being a part of this story.