This past Winter Intensive I took a Dogmatic Theology course “Creation & Eschatology.” Creation Theology is the exploration of the origin of all things, and God’s interaction with it. Eschatology is the exploration of the end of all things, and God’s guidance of it. The two are intimately linked, if we understand Eschatology in the context of Christ’s redemptive work which initiates the New Creation, leading us to Christ who is the Beginning and End. I was amazed to see Creation & Eschatology so intimately linked Christologically, or Christocentrically.

I will likely be posting excerpts of my final paper in this course in the coming week, that deal with Pope Benedict’s theological treatment of Creation.

Perhaps you might find yourself wanting to reflect deeper on Creation and Eschatology, and I would recommend these two current albums, which are theologically rich, as well as liturgically inspired. Gungor came out with Ghosts Upon the Earth, which is a deeply poetic exploration of Creation, the fall of man, and Christ’s conquest of death. David Crowder Band released Give Us Rest, which is a Requiem Mass (Funeral Liturgy), which explores a human and Christian approach to Death, Afterlife, the Resurrection of the Christ, and our own restoration and participation in Christ’s Resurrection.

A cool approach to the class, had I more time in a longer semester, and more time to reflect on the content of these albums, I would have asked to do an alternative final project approaching these two albums. In addition to this final, I will be posting a few assignments from my other Wisdom Literature Class, as well as various portions of reflections that I have prepared for other classes over the past few years. Consider it my new year’s resolution, to not let my work disappear into the archives of my digital data, but that it may work to your Life in Christ.