"Why did you choose theology?” That’s usually one of the first questions I get in job interviews. Over the last months of job hunting, I have got used to delivering my rehearsed answer: I’ve been Catholic my whole life, had a “crisis” in college when my best laid plans went awry, switched to theology and philosophy, and now I am looking for an income. All of that is true, but a more holistic answer to “why theology?” goes all the way back to my childhood.
I tenderly remember making a Jesse Tree with my mother one December when I was very young. We cut out and coloured in different symbols representing significant people and events from Salvation history leading up to Christ’s birth: a rainbow for Noah and his ark, a harp for David, a bundle of sticks for Abraham and Isaac.
