While at seminary, a friend introduced me to the Hoberman Sphere. This “toy” helped me visualize the sections between joints as pieces in a vast theological puzzle. Theology is how people think and talk about God. Pieces of theology come together bit-by-bit in the course of our lives, not in a linear way, more like a sculpture, placed here and there as you and I go about constructing for ourselves a view of how the world works.  According to its inventor, “The Hoberman sphere expands and contracts with its hubs moving in straight lines radiating from the center. Each point of intersection reinforces the structure. If you fully expand the…