The high liturgical seasons are behind us and now we enter “ordinary time.” No fancy name, like “Eastertide;” it is just called “the Season after Pentecost.” I like ordinary time, though. We get to spread out a bit, immerse ourselves in the stories of Jesus’ ministry, this year from the Gospel of Mark. Maybe pick up some of Paul’s writings, …
Trinity Sunday Sermon
Some folks asked that I post my sermon from last Sunday. So, here it is. ~Scott Friday night, Lisa and I attended a modern dance performance by the Bruce Wood Dance Project. Sadly, it was an unexpected memorial for Mr. Wood, who died just a couple of weeks ago of pneumonia and heart failure, the ultimate end of a decades-long …
Go Ye Therefore
This Sunday is Trinity Sunday, so that will be our subject. There is certainly a lot to be said about it. However, I want to take this space to touch on another subject that is raised by our lectionary texts. One of the only places in the Christian Testament that uses a clear Trinitarian formula (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) …
The Problem (and the Promise) of the Trinity
One week out of div school and I’m already digging back through my textbooks, trying to remember what it is I spent all that time learning. This is that sort of Sunday – Trinity Sunday. “Trinity” is probably a word that every Christian knows, but few understand and even fewer care to understand. I might be a member of all …