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The Pentecost experience reminds us how needful we are of experiences where barriers are broken down in the service of the Triune God's mission in the world. For instead of finding common ground we’re losing ground, becoming more fractured, more suspicious of those who don’t resemble us; or who speak a language other than our native tongue. Many observers have written about this growing estrangement in our nation and world. Whether this is a hiccup or a long-term trend remains to be seen. But for right now, it’s clear that the tenor of national conversations has degenerated to the point where hate mongering, racist rants, and bullying speech are becoming normalized.

The tragic incident that unfolded on a lightrail train in Portland on Memorial Weekend is a case in point.

A speech by New Orleans major Mitch Landrieu speaks powerfully and eloquently of our need to reevaluate the public symbols we choose to tell our stories.

In the end, our invitation as people of faith is to imitate the Trinity itself, to join the ROUND DANCE of community, of giving, receiving, loving, including, which is central to what it means to participate in the Trinitarian life.