Theology is an activity done largely through the process of good reading. Read carefully. Read charitably. Read with others. Read with expectation that you will learn from others, even when you disagree with their main point. Read even when a text is dense and difficult, for you will learn perseverance and fortitude here. Read that which seems trite and obvious, asking how others might object or criticize. Most importantly, read because God was willing to reveal Himself in written words, and because we can best witness to God's grace with corresponding words. Read because words matter in God's economy of grace.