Growing Up With the Trinity: An Englishman, a Scotsman and an Irishman Walked Onto a Football Pitch...

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But despite the importance of family, I have found it is somewhat of a neglected topic in the church. But, in the more important ways, children are open to mystery and paradox in ways adults often aren’t.

Now that I’m a little older and able to reflect on what I’ve done in my life and how I’ve gotten to where I am now, I’m able to realize that the praise and honor I have received for whatever I have done that is commendable, really belongs my parents, who raised me and made me who I am today. If ‘one thing,’ then not different; if ‘we are,’ then both the Father and the Son” (Augustine, Tractates on John, 36. I think much of our fear and stumbling here comes with a misunderstanding of what the Christian gospel is all about. I think the Trinity is all about God’s infinite ability to meet us – each of us, all the time – exactly where we are, with divine understanding that we aren’t always in the same place.They were pictures teaching theological concepts reflecting the acceptance of the reality of mystery.

We have personhood that requires other persons to have relationship, but He is complete in His Personhood, and requires no other.An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman Walked into a Football Club brings to life that unique period in 60s football when Manchester United had three European Players of the Year - Charlton, Best and Law - in their team. There are 3 primary ones that I don’t mean to say are normative or universal, but simply general trends that I think many of us here can relate to, either personally or indirectly through others in this community.