"What a waste of Reformation Sunday!"
That was my first thought, laughing all the way down the hill after church. A lost opportunity, where instead of breaking free and fearless, we were reminded to follow the tribe, obey their rules and be afraid of each other. I could not stand Ms. _________ talk, and it brought up the worst of what this last decade has ushered in, grounded in the ways of Caesar and not in God.
I was laughing at how much I was in alignment with Martin Luther's mood so long ago, it was like I was celebrating my own private Argue-with-Somebody Day. First there was that God-awful sermon. (if you want my mean plainspeaking review it is the previous post)
Then, a highlight was Susann's sharing with the actual points Luther posted and what we hear when we read them. It was inspiring to consider that such a move would have been "against God", and what responsibility he took on by doing it. Also, he showed a fearlessness in trusting in the discourse with his fellows on this topic of God's favor and word.
A free-thinking, adventuresome Man of Faith. (A toast to this man, Praise God for such a one, clink!)
Then we went into a breeze-thru the last chapters of this Bible study that we hadn't finished (Revelations starts Next week for our 11 am group), and actually it was to good affect. The last item covered was the Trinity, and I made a huge discovery, haha.
It says the Trinity is not actually mentioned in the Bible, but is implied. Hmmm. Well, many ways of perceiving the Godhead are described in both Old and New Testaments, and more could be implied by the Gospel stories in particular.
The One possible implied Lord God that I am fond of is going for what Lao-Tsu named "an infant before it knows how to smile". An Infinite Infant, always expanding and made new, always in wonder. But that wouldn't fit with this other image, the Trinity, that also is not in the Bible. Like I said, hmmm. In argument, yes, thank you Mr. Luther, for daring to respectfully show the way.
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