Theology for the Christian is done best communio sanctorum, in the communion of the saints. I’ve noticed that not being surrounded by the community on a daily basis—like when I was in Bible College and Seminary—makes it much harder to signify my own theological ideas. In other words, as I go to work each day in the secular market-place, surrounded by and large by pagans, surrounded by people who couldn’t give a rat’s butt about the living God, let alone the more technical theological reflection that ensues for the Christian, it becomes really hard to sustain intentional and self-reflective thought about the finer points of Christian Dogmatic loci. Unfortunately, as corollary to this, this sort of pervasive ‘unbelief’ (that makes it hard to sustain theological reflection at signifactory levels) is present in many and most evangelical (and probably mainline) churches. What I am lamenting is that it takes serious dedication and obedience to be immersed in the Christian heart/mind. What I am noting is that fellowship is a necessary and component part for the theological process. Even so, there are many of us who lack this sort of necessary community on a daily basis; as such, we are required to forge relationships where we can (for me this has become a virtual exercise), and attempt to find signification for our theological ideas therein. The bottom line is that theological development cannot be an isolated monologue that one has to their inner-selves. By God’s grace He is able to meet us where we are in our various theological isolations; ones presented to us by our various life circumstances and situations. He is able to amplify His presence for us in intense ways, such that the community needed—in lieu of its more “ideal” presence in Christian fellowship—is provided for in the milieu of His multiplied life as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Even if the circumstances of life have a delimiting effect on the ideal components for theological development—humanly speaking—in God’s grace of sufficiency He is able to give us the illuminatory that the thirsty soul desires in its seemingly squalid and languorous locations.