You can find the lectionary readings for this week here.
Being in Relationship: the Divine Model.
making space, letting be, delighting in, nurturing growth.
This week we celebrate Trinity Sunday, and the readings offer us a few snapshots of some of the scriptures which explore the nature of God, the nature of human being, and the relational expressions of God, humans and the whole of creation.
There’s rich ground for us to contemplate – you might find psalm 8 does most of the work for you! – but these texts also carry (for many of us) some ingrained interpretations that we are so familiar with that we don’t notice them keeping us from seeing and hearing what is there.
As you dwell with the text, then, see if you can spot your interpretation, and see if you can set it aside to listen for the creative freshness of the Spirit showing you something new and renewing.
Soul Food
| We do not need magic to transform our world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already. We have the power to imagine better. |
| J.K. ROWLING |
To be alive in this beautiful, self-organizing universe -- to participate in the dance of life with senses to perceive it, lungs that breathe it, organs that draw nourishment from it -- is a wonder beyond words. JOANNA MACY
| We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. MAYA ANGELOU |
See you on Sunday at 9:30am, unless you feel unwell, or need to be cautious, in which case look after yourself!
