“The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” ~John 3:8 To speak of Trinity is to speak of a God in motion—at work, at play—a divine dance of transforming, creative, inviting presence we encounter in the astonishment of the world around us and in the course of our own pilgrimage. Trinitarian doctrine is not explicit in the scriptures. It is not born from some academic philosophical problem. It is a recognition we live into as we encounter God’s saving ministry in real-world events. In the resurrection, God the parent ministers to the Son through the Spirit in death. God’s ministry, then, is shared ministry. And we too are have a share in God’s life-giving ministry, in God’s arrival in death and death-dealing moments to raise new life. Do you see it? Enter into worship. Readings: Isaiah 6:1-8 † Psalm 29 † Romans 8:12-17 † John 3:1-17 About the Art: Anonymous. Trinity, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56146 [retrieved May 14, 2024]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canteiro_en_Berres,_A_Estrada.jpg. This stone stele was erected along one of the paths that lead to Santiago de Compostela, an important pilgrimage site. Photograph by Noel Feans.
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