In the Western tradition, today, the Sunday after Pentecost, is known as Trinity Sunday. It’s one of the few Church holy days that commemorates a concept rather than an event in the life of Christ or great saint of history. The doctrine of the Trinity as we know it was formalized in the fourth century … Continue reading From Before the Foundation of the World: A Reflection on Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31
[Note: This June I'm revisiting my 2022 series on vocation. If I have any new thoughts to add, I'll poke my nose in at the end.] After what has been a long journey through general human and Christian vocations and the callings to maturity and individuation, we come at last to a discussion of the … Continue reading Called to Contribute [Revisited]
[Note: This June I'm revisiting an old series on vocation. If I have anything to add, I'll pop back in at the end.] So far, this series on vocation has focused exclusively on general vocation, the things we are all called to do and be in the world by virtue of our shared humanity. We’ve … Continue reading Called to Be Ourselves [Revisited]
[Note: This June, I'm revisiting my 2022 series on vocation. I'll return at the end of the post if there's anything I'd like to add.] In the last post in this series exploring different facets of vocation, we looked at the calling to be Christlike: that, if, through sin, humanity marred our original vocation to … Continue reading Called to Maturity [Revisited]
I’m often reminded of (and mention here!) that old The Onion cartoon about the Trinity downsizing, laying off the Holy Spirit because of a lack of clarity on its role. It’s funny because it’s sadly true. Many Christians have only the vaguest idea about what the Holy Spirit does. Last year, I wrote a whole … Continue reading Life in Many Colours: A Reflection for Pentecost 2025
Matthew Root 