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Trinity Sun(Satur)day
This week’s FTLOL is Trinity heavy. You can read about Rublev’s icon, hear Malcolm Guite’s poem for Trinity Sunday, and see the Bible Project guys attempt to describe the Trinity. There’s some non-Trinity stuff too, like Wheatland’s first Connections game. Good luck!
Trinity Sun(Sat)day
Andrei Rublev’s icon, The Hospitality of Abraham, is a common sight at Wheatland. Tomorrow is Trinity Saturday, so we will have it displayed. Gratefully, we have it out regularly to remind us that God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
The great spiritual writer Henri Nouwen was deeply moved by the icon. In this post you’ll see some comments from friends of Henri’s who share their experience of Henri and his childlike love of Rublev’s icon. It’s a great read - “Lord, that I might see”: Henri Nouwen’s Eye for Icons
Last year the icon was moved to a church in Moscow on Putin’s orders. You can see photographs of the original icon in Christ the Savior Cathedral, it’s new home. Wikipedia does a good job covering the history and influence of the Old Testament Trinity.
This is an interpretation of Rublev’s icon from the Ukrainian artist Ivanka Demchuk. You can see this and many other interpretations of older icons at her site.
Modern Protest Culture
Here is a interesting analysis of the protests happening on college campuses today. The author compares the ways in which modern protests are similar, yet very different, from those of MLK and other civil rights leaders from the 60s. — Modern Protest Culture is Crippled by Internet Brain
Wheatland’s Own Connections™ Game
If you are familiar with the NYT Connections game this will look really familiar. For those of you are not familiar, this game requires that you group the terms in groups of four. When the correct four are put together, the category that they share is revealed.
Have fun! — Wheatland’s Connection Game #1
Be Careful What you wish for. - Pt. 2
A few weeks ago I included the brief post by Bishop Todd Hunter entitled, “A Christian America? Be Careful What You Wish For.” Here is the second part of that post. He asks important questions on how followers of Jesus in the 21st Century can be good neighbors in tough times. - A Christian America? Pt. 2
You can also see his regular posting at The Gospel of the Kingdom.
The Bible Project attempt to explain the Trinity
Nice attempt. They do well but they owe a tip o’ the hat to Edwin Abbot’s Flatland.
The Triune Poet
I would listen to Malcolm Guite read the phonebook. By some kind of holy luck, we have him reading his poem for Trinity Sunday. Listen because of his voice, listen again because of the words.