Children, go where I send thee. How shall I send thee? I’m gonna send thee one by one, one for the itty bitty baby, born, born, born in Bethlehem. The African American spiritual starts out like this and then counts all the way up to 12, mentioning Paul and Silas, the three kings, the four gospel writers, and so on, up to the 10 commandments and finally the 12 apostles. Every verse is a call to the children: go where I send thee. How shall I send thee? I’m gonna send thee two by two…. It is a teaching song, and it comes to mind when I hear Jesus’ commission to the apostles in Matthew’s gospel.
Jesus is sending them out into the world to carry on his mission, giving them authority to be his hands and feet in the world. Continue reading “How Shall I Send Thee?”
Three 4 All
TRINITY SUNDAY (Psalm 8, Matthew 28:16-20, 2 Cor. 13: 11-13)
Yesterday at our Strawberry Festival we got to see and hear a three-person band made up of Bill Webster and Otis and Karen Stroup. They call themselves “Three 4 All”, a memorable play on words, sounding a lot like free for all, but carrying an important meaning of being three people committed to the entire community. They sang a fun song about why we don’t see unicorns today. The song describes the unicorns being left behind when Noah loaded the animals in the ark—the unicorns apparently were so busy playing in the rain that they missed the boat, literally. If you missed it yesterday, you can find Three 4 All singing on our Strawberry Festival Youtube link on the website and enjoy it whenever you like.
Three 4 All sounds to me like a helpful way for us to understand the inter-relationship between what we refer to as the three persons of the Trinity: God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Continue reading “Three 4 All”
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