A Trinitarian Deficit Disorder

A student of mine, Josiah Brown, oversees the student outreach team. He and some of our students go to youth groups to teach the youth about Christian spiritual formation. They talk about what formation is, about living as an apprentice of Jesus, and about the role of narratives in formation. Knowing many people have toxic God narratives, Josiah has come up with an interesting exercise. He writes “God” on the left side of a whiteboard and asks, “What words would you use to describe God?” They all assume Josiah is asking about God the Father, and he is. The youth say things such as “mean,”…