Description
Today is Trinity Sunday, the only Sunday that we celebrate a doctrine. The doctrine of the Trinity attempts to explain something of the mystery of who God is. How do we explain God? (and, perhaps, why do we feel we need to “explain” God?) Since the beginning, humans have been struggling to describe who God is. God is so much bigger and greater than anything we can explain or imagine. Each part of the godhead is truly and completely God, yet each is distinct from the others. The scriptures use many ways to name God and uses many images to describe God. Trinity is one way that we have tried to name and understand God.
You may have seen the Trinity being explained by anything that has three parts. For example, a clover leaf, an egg (shell, white and yolk) or water (ice, liquid, steam). Note, though, that any images we use are inadequate with regard to fully explaining how God can be Three and One.
God chooses to reveal God’s self to us in the person of Jesus and through the Holy Spirit. This triune God is about relationship. We can see relationship in our readings today. We can not only see how each part of the godhead works together but we can also see how God works in us.
On this Trinity Sunday, use these resources to explore a little bit about who God is. The resources include a Call to Worship that explores God as Three and One and a Prayer of Thanksgiving that uses pretzels. We’ll engage with the Romans and John readings while emphasising the different parts of the godhead and then explore what we can learn from these readings about God as Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer (or God as Parent, Jesus and Spirit). We’ll also think about what we can learn about ourselves in relationship to God.
