Anti-Trinity

The American tendency to isolate is reaking havoc on our Trinitarian Communities.

At the very heart of our faith is the unchanging Trinity...a model for everything we do relationally. We lean on each other, compliment each other, work side by side with each other, and love each other. We naturally do this because of our "Image Bearing" status and our close ties with the God who made us.

In our day, American culture runs contrary to this. We buy a house nice enough to hide in and only head out to "brave the world" when we need groceries or entertainment. This has created a vacuum that television has capitalized on. We don't know the person who lives next door, but we know which guy we like for Jillian on "The Bachelorette." We feel closer to politicians and professional athletes than we do our own extended families...or church families!

We crave community so deeply that we will find it wherever we can. It is just easier to to have a comfortable relationship with a character that doesn't talk back than one with emotions, opinions, and responses to our opinions of them.

Could it be that we have traded each other in for a TV?

I pray not. Fantasy relationships may be easier, but they are paper thin and, in the end, you are still alone on the couch.

As the Trinitarian people of God, let's be careful to stay in each other's faces. Let's hug and shake hands and laugh and cry with each other. We were made to live together. Let's not let Cable One become our closest friend.