When we don’t have the correct context it is very difficult to understand what is going on. A pastor of my acquaintance, newly installed at a church, was reported to be “having lunch with a blonde” by a, no doubt well-meaning, parishioner who had never met the pastor’s daughter, the daughter had been away school….
The sermon title today is “1 + 1 + 1 = 1 Wait! What?” and is, needless to say, about the Trinity. The Lectionary makes sure that we don’t skip over the Trinity just because it is a potentially difficult doctrine (and it is!). Every year, just like clock work we…
This Sunday was one of the high holy days in the Liturgical year, Pentecost. This is the Sunday that we celebrate the Holy Spirit coming in a new way to the people of God. The Holy Spirit has always been here, this arrival wasn’t the first, after all the Holy Spirit was there at creation…