A new beginning, again!

It was a choice between "chaos theology" and "kairos theory", mixing two interesting ideas. Chaos theory (I think!) is that scientific hypothesis that apparently random events are underpinned by greater connections - for example, perhaps a butterfly flapping its delicate wings in one part of the world could contribute to a hurricane in another part of the world. So what if my or your apparently random acts (of kindness, or whatever) could contribute to much greater events further afield? Wouldn't that be crazy ... and amazing!? And kairos theology is the spin-off of South Africa's 'kairos document', which envisaged a new way of tackling apartheid in the 1980s - neither colluding with it, nor justifying it, nor reacting violently against it, but undermining it by prophetic commitment to justice and peace. The 'kairos' was upon the people of South Africa - the 'time for change', a specific kind of time, not consistent with what had gone before, and yet the eruption of what was hidden ... and so chaos and kairos come together: what if a butterfly flapping its delicate wings can contribute to the demise of apartheid? What if our humble contributions to the world can bring about social and political hurricanes damaging the existing world order? What if we can be part of a story of disruptive good news?