Here is a link to listen to the sermon by The Rev. Posey Krakowsky on June 16, 2019, Trinity Sunday. There is also a link to the scripture for this Sunday and the text of the sermon below.

Lessons

You can read the scripture for June 16, 2019, here.

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May I speak to you in the name of the eternal Trinity: Love, Beloved, and Lover — Amen

Before I dive in to the three in one and one in three, I want to take a moment to acknowledge that today is Father’s Day — and to wish a blessed and happy Father’s Day to those of you who identify as fathers. Just as on Mother’s Day, I also want to acknowledge all of us who may have complicated or conflicted relationships to fathers, fatherhood, and fathering. Parenting is never easy, and neither is being parented.

Wherever you are on your journey of relationship with the fathers or lack of fathers in your life — may you find a sense of peace.

I’m not sure if any of you know my friend the Rev. Julia Whitworth — she is currently the rector of Trinity Church in Indianapolis, Indiana, but she was raised to the priesthood in our diocese, and served most recently here as the Canon for Liturgy and the Arts at the Cathedral of St John the Divine. Last weekend, when Indianapolis held their PRIDE celebration, Julia and Trinity Church Indy had the distinction and honor of being Grand Marshals of the parade. The reason they were chosen is because, under Julia’s leadership, Trinity created a safe house for at risk LGBTQ youth in Indianapolis — it is called Trinity Haven, and it is the first such place of its kind in the state of Indiana. Julia experienced many ups and downs to make it happen. It was not an easy process, particularly in a red state in the current political climate. So, if any of you are looking for a place to donate in honor of PRIDE, you might want to consider Trinity Haven Indianapolis.

The Spirit always moves in surprising ways, and the confluence of today being Trinity Sunday, Julia’s church being named Trinity, and the fact that it is PRIDE month, reminded me of a short anecdote about Julia. She was one of my best friends at Union Seminary, and she was invaluable to me as a mentor during what turned out to be a very long ordination process. I could always count on Julia for solid advice and thoughtful feedback. But the small incident I am about to relate was one that speaks more to her help in my spiritual formation — a gift that she gives to others naturally and reflexively — mostly by sharing and witnessing to her own core spirituality with a generous and open heart that speaks to me of genuine spiritual grounding. I know I am not the only one who is grateful to her for that.

During our first semester of seminary, we were sitting together in church history class, and the subject was the ecumenical councils of the early church. At the end of class Julia said, something to the effect of —“no matter what else happens, please don’t let anyone take away the Trinity. I really, really love the Trinity.”

At the time, as a person who was exploring formally returning to the Christian fold — the idea of ordination was not even a glimmer in my eye.