Invited to join the dance.

 I am always struck by Rublev's icon of the Trinity, where there is an invitation to sit at the table and be drawn into a relationship with God, who is present in three persons. Sometimes, when we try to explain the theology behind this mystery, it is enough to make our brains hurt. We can be caught up in trying to express in language what is at the heart of the relationship between God and humankind. We turn a mystery into a riddle rather than an encounter. We are called to discover God, who calls us to be fully human and fully alive.

As we ponder how God meets us at the heart of this relationship, we start to realise that it is not just about what we know about God but how we are known by God. This realisation helps us to discover that God is not just learnt from a book but in an encounter that changes us from the inside out. There is a divinisation that helps us to know God at the core of our being. This is not just wishful thinking but a way of being present to God in the real events of daily life. This brings together both the revelation of scripture and our own personal history. Where these two realities meet, we discover the person of Jesus who is fully human and fully divine. This opens us to the possibility of finding God in the everyday events of our lives.

As we step into this divine dance, we discover a God who is the dance, the dancer and the dancing. This is a dynamic, not static, revelation that God is ever ancient and new. We are called into the midst of the swirl of activity, where we do not just sit at the side of the room waiting for God to pull us onto the dance floor. God whirls around us in a way that makes our heads spin, our hearts beat faster, and our bodies are caught by the rhythm and cadence. Life calls us to the heart of the dance and calls us to dance with the dancer.