Your Faith Journey - Finding God Through Words, Song And Praise

When I was on internship in Richland Hills, Texas, and area clergy gathered to discuss the scripture readings for the Sundays of Pentecost and Holy Trinity, everyone seemed quite excited about preaching on Pentecost Sunday, but hardly anyone looked forward to preaching on Trinity Sunday.  In fact, my internship supervisor, Pastor Phil, joked the Intern is always given Trinity Sunday as a day for preaching.  He said, “This is a test to see if the Intern is heretical or not!”  You see, the doctrine of the Trinity is one many clergy would often rather avoid.  So, the task of proclamation on Trinity Sunday was mine that year.  However, I was glad I was assigned the task because I believe we need a better understanding of the three persons of the Trinity.  You see, each person of the Trinity gives us language to better understand God.  And, the relationship of mutual love between the three persons of the Trinity helps us better understand how deeply we are loved and how we are to love others. Talking about the Tri