Celebrating Trinity Sunday means celebrating how we as a community of faith model our lives after the community of God, how we are the community of God on earth. It means that we are a community defined not by what can be explained, what can be hoarded, or what others can do for us. Instead, we are the transformed community of the living God who has created us, redeemed us, and sustained us. The Apostle Paul describes this transformation in our Romans text this morning. Paul writes about the change that occurs in people s lives when the Spirit of God is their guide.
Life becomes more important than death.
They are called children of God. And, they are heirs of God. They receive the same inheritance as God s own son. As one commentator writes, all of these qualities create a new family, one in which every visitor feels like they are home. I can think of no better day than Trinity Sunday to commission our people for the mission trip to Beckley, West Virginia.