Creating Knowledge of God

Lately, I have been reading several books on social constructivism. Those who work out of this perspective believe that knowledge is created within our relationships with one another. This happens at all levels of human interaction: individual, group, and community. I have been thinking about this in terms of religious life. For many of us, our relationships with others are those points in life where we are most aware of the presence of God. From a social constructivist perspective, we could say that within our relationships we may be doing more than gaining an awareness of God. We may actually be creating (or constructing) knowledge of the Divine. In coming together, we create the space for God to be made manifest. We also construct new meanings for ourselves with regards to the Sacred. All of this brings to mind the scripture from Matthew 18:20 which says: For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them. Think about this the next time you stay home from church. Just imagine what you might be missing.