Perhaps this is the danger of dualistic thinking—this is right, so this is wrong. We need to hold the “yes, and” more than the “either/or.” Yes, we need scholars and academics, leaders and ministers. And we need people like me—low-church, untrained laity who are a bit sloppy at times—to grapple with the deep theological issues, bringing our stories, our wisdom, our experiences, our knowledge to the larger conversation.
