Some bemoan the fact that Christoph Schwöbel was not able to finish his Systematic Theology. I will argue that this is not correct. Christoph Schwöbel put into practice what he hoped to do. A theology that sees itself as an ongoing practice of conversation has no substantive end or theoretical conclusion. It is not a systematic whole that can ever be completed, but a project that must be reopened and continued with new partners, new topics, and in new situations. My presentation will situate Schwöbel’s systematic project in the life- and practice-oriented tradition of Lutheran theology and explore the strengths and difficulties of his central category of conversation.