Has it ever been away, some of you will ask? Well, yes and no. Many years ago when I was a seminarian the Trinity fell out of fashion. One afternoon while mowing the college lawns - we did those sorts of things in the olden days - a student colleague and I were discussing theology when I pronounced a robust belief in the doctrine of the Trinity. My colleague and friend quickly denounced me as naive and a fundamentalist to boot. The Trinity was passe. He knew because one of the lecturers told him so (and me some time later). I never believed him and stayed a naive fundamentalist (though I don't think I am).
It is a funny old world, isn't it? Because, the Trinity is back. Recent theological thinking has reminded the church that this uniquely christian view of God is rich soil. Remembering that God exists in community has something important to say to those of us who seek to live as a community of equals.
This is what we trying to do at connecT. Worship, support, pray and care for each others as equals. Each of us is unique but we are inter-connected. Not joined at the hip, as it were, but bonded in love. The Trinity, that is God, fills all that we seek to do. It is relational. A naivety we would be unwise to let go of.
Chris
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