Recently, I was asked to give a prayer at the area chamber of commerce meeting, with these instructions: "Make it brief, and don't mention God too much."

How am I supposed to do that? I can't stop boasting about God. God's work is so impressive to me that snowflakes don't even describe it. Nor do hummingbird's nests. Nor fireworks. Nor breakfast. God is so grand to me that I have to boast.

What I most like to boast about is theology. Nature is second only to theology. Most of us understand how to boast about the sunrise or the ocean, the mountains or the fall leaves. We know about beauty and the incredible amazement in God's creation. We discover and rediscover awe by watching a bird outside of our windows. But fewer of us know how to enjoy our theology.

By theology I mean the invitatio…