Trinity Sunday
Trinity Sunday
Those of us of a certain age—and who also liked Led Zeppelin—will remember Larry Norman. He’s considered a pioneer of Christian rock music and released more than 100 albums during his career. A lyric from one of his songs I still remember almost five decades later goes like this, “The Beatles said all you need is love. Then they broke up.”
It’s true. Though it’s difficult to maintain—and we really struggle to get it right—love is the thing we all know we need. We’re literally made for love because we're created in the image of a God who is love.
But “God is love” only makes sense if God is Trinity.
A solitary God cannot be love. He may yearn for love. He may even learn to love. But he cannot himself be love, since love requires an object. It requires relationship. It requires community.And this has an implication or two for our lives together.
See you Sunday.
Steve+
Joy Together
One way of describing “joy” is the way we feel when someone is glad to be with us. It’s a simple idea with powerful effects. In fact, Jesus is known fundamentally as Immanuel–God with us. And if God is with us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31). On the contrary, when we experience God being with us, our capacity for loving even our enemies expands and we become more like Him.
Building joy with God and with each other is at the center of Christian community and discipleship. During the months of July and August, we are encouraging the Redeemer family to build joy together by sharing a meal with someone new and sharing stories of gratitude. Through the rest of June, we're asking you to sign up online or on Sunday mornings to register your interest. You will be randomly assigned to two other couples or individuals so that there are approximately three “groups” around the table, sharing together.
Second Sunday Sandwiches—this Sunday following worship.
Vestry Meeting—this Sunday following Second Sunday Sandwiches.
Picture credit: Andrei Rublev, The Hospitality of Abraham/The Holy Trinity. (1393).