Hello
friends,
I
hope everyone is well. There are a couple of things going on this week that I
would like to remind you about. First, on Friday we are having at Game Night
with the folks at 1st Baptist,
Second,
this Sunday we will be taking a special offering for our youth who are going to
the American Baptist Youth gathering in
Finally,
this Sunday is Trinity Sunday and Children’s Sunday. While we will not be
focusing specifically on Trinity Sunday (I will not ask the children to expound
upon the intricacies of Trinitarian theology), the two are not exclusive. The
Trinity is a complicated doctrine and is a central part of our faith. It is
something that we cannot avoid, but often want to because of its complexity.
Sometimes, when trying to figure out the idea of three in one, same but
different it is good to step back and take the approach of a child. It is not
that the child brings a simplicity, but instead a spiritual depth that we often
loose as we grow older. It is a depth that allows one to let go of the
complexity of the Trinity and instead to accept the beauty of God the Creator,
Christ the Redeemer and the Holy Spirit the Sustainer as different and at the
same. We don’t have to explain it, just accept it. And yet to still push for a
deeper understanding as a child will often do. This is a deep and innocent
spirituality; one which we should take to all aspects of our faith. To embrace
the beauty of the Lord, and at the same time to say, “why.”
This
Sunday we have the unique opportunity to worship with such a spirituality as we
are lead by the children. Let us open our hearts and minds to the profound
depth that only a child can bring.
--
Rev. Jonathan A. Malone
Pastor
610-525-1855
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