The fourth person of the Trinity

Dearly Beloved,

Grace and Peace to you.


The Father will send the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, in my name....
Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them,
and we will come to them and make our home with them....
— John 14.26, 23

There are actually four persons in the Holy Trinity: you are always included. The essence of the Holy Trinity, the nature of God, is a loving community of persons who are deeply related and who include us, who make their home with us. God is not distant, but surrounding and indwelling. The Trinity is not a tightly closed molecule but a family at a table, your table, our table, always inherently relational and inclusive.

The aim of the spiritual life is not to believe the correct doctrines or understand all things or attain a certain attitude, but to participate in the life of the Holy Trinity, to be a part of the giving and receiving of love, to join in the gathering of all God's Beloved at the table of life. Live today as if you, and everyone else, are the fourth person of the Holy Trinity, as if all of this life and its gifts and struggles, and all the human family, and all our adoration and our squabbles, are all part of this holy family gathering, the family that is God. Live this day as if you are called not to believe in God, but to live in God, to be part of God, to be the fourth person of the Trinity. It's not hard to do, just hard to remember to do. But don't worry about the difficulty: God will love you, and come to you and make her home with you.

Deep Blessings,
Pastor Steve

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