While the last weeks have been a bit of blur, I have thoroughly enjoyed being part of the Trinity community. The enthusiasm, joy, hope, and passion are heart-warming and contagious. I look forward to the journey that we are on together.
When Fr. Eric Dudley preached Trinity's inaugural sermon, he used the image of Exodus. How apt that is. I sense the same joy and release in this community that God's people must have felt as they left Egypt. But it is important to note that they didn't get on a plane in Cairo and land in Tel Aviv a short time later ready to settle into their new life. The Lord led them first into the desert for a season of preparation and formation. Before he gave Solomon instructions on building the Temple, He first showed Moses how to construct a Tabernacle. We are clearly in the Tabernacle phase. God is forming and transforming us as a community. As we follow Him in this season, He will lead us into a deeper understanding of who He is as Father and Lord. He will lead us into a deeper understanding of who we are as His people.
I don't really know what this Tabernacle phase will hold, or how long it will last. But I do know that the One who has led us here will lead us on, stage by stage, until one day we find ourselves in the land that has no need of Tabernacle or Temple (see Revelation 21:22).
May God meet you today in a surprising way!
Jim Hobby
Priest-in-Charge
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