It is a challenge to find words to make sense of what we mean by sharing God’s life. We talk of union, communion, perichoresis, theosis, participation, mutuality, and a host of other terms. What does that all mean? When I…
I have been watching Grey’s Anatomy, the medical series filmed to explore the history of developing medical interns at a Seattle hospital. I keep wondering what it would look like to have trinitarian theologians develop a teaching hospital that would…
One of the objectives of the gospel is to open our understanding of the world beyond our illusions and ignorance. This might be called making contact with reality. It is clear from the history of science, that we often misread…
It has been just over a year since I lost a daughter to suicide. Has it mattered that I am a trinitarian theologian in the days that have followed? I have learned that suicide is not a simple human act…
Ignatius speaks about conducting ourselves in the unity of our flesh and spirit in the same manner that Jesus Christ conducted Himself in the Spirit in unity with His own humanity. The Incarnation indicates to us that God cherishes our…
As I reflect on the practice of theology, I find it is often lived in the head or in abstract language. I am discovering for my own life that it is best to engage the Gospel of the Triune God…
Warning: This post has contains strong expletive language which might offend some people. I want to try and make a very specific point here which means I will not gloss over anything while trying to make it. It has been…
Who cares about tradition? This is a very important question. In the previous post, I highlighted the importance of both scripture and tradition. In the ancient church, the two worked harmoniously together and one did not contradict the other. The…
For the sake of trying to be more specific, rather than referring to Trinitarian Theology as the term used to describe what it is Perichoresis Australia and the USA are declaring, more specifically, what we are trying to bring to…
The message of the gospel is plain and simple and it has always been this way from the very beginning. At the Incarnation God united Himself to humanity. So simple in fact that the academically elite at that time were…