I spent a lovely evening with friends on the river Neckar tonight, drifting on a Gondola (Stocherkahn) past such sites as the Melanchton plaque, the Evangelische Stift (where Hegel studied and Strauss wrote his Leben Jesu) and the Stiftskirche in which the likes of Jüngel and Moltmann sometimes preach. And the clear night air was scented with the smell of freshly grilled meat from the small portable BBQ we took with us. Delightful!I’ve received e-mails from some of my readers recently about studying in Tübingen and I’m trying to say something to you: ‘What are you waiting for?!’
On the way back, as darkness fell, I walked through an area of Tübingen I’ve never seen before and knowing I was not in London - and thus have to fear the likes of dangerous gangs of hoodies -, I wondered, given the nature of the town, if any of the gloomy alleyways were hiding gaggles of dangerous theologians banding together to wait for the likes of us to walk by ...
‘God cares for each individual creature’
-- Pannenberg, Systematic theology, 2. 35
4 comments:
Sounds like bliss! When I finally get to Tübingen, you'll have to take me for a BBQ (I'll bring the beers).
Man, I so want to come. I'm pretty sure I'm supposed to do the MTh with St. Paul so that puts me at 3 years off and gives me time to bone up on German. I've started to work on picking up French, which is embarassing for a Canuck, eh? I have two years before I absolutely have to participate in a class discussion bilingually, yi yi yi. I find the disconnect between pronounciation and spelling so troubling with French.
Ben,
Deal.
Only I'd prefer wine!
Frank, hope to see you in 3 years, and good luck with the French!
You'd prefer wine? Well, me too!
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