We all understand the Trinity, right? Father, Son and Holy Spirit? What more needs to be said? Plenty, says Catholic priest Father Richard Rohr, author of The Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation.
Rohr explains the Trinity as a relational concept, one that includes ourselves. This is a new way of looking at the Trinity, says Insight’s teacher. Rev. David Severe.
In some of the first words in the Bible. God speaks of “Us” accomplishing the Creation, not a solitary being. We should think of God as the ultimate participant in this relationship, Rohr believes.
However, most of Christian history has been exclusionary, deciding who doesn’t belong, who is not worthy. This flies in the face of the fact that we are born children of God, with His DNA, Rohr says. Instead of God being everywhere, we have made Him small, relating only to a few, effectively white Europeans.
We are told in Romans that all we need to know is reflected in the natural world. Native religions recognize this relationship, with an everywhere God, while in some ways Christians have gone backwards, Rohr believes.
It makes our love small to leave out certain groups. Rohr days,; but God’s love is not so limited.
Written by: Marie Price
