Knowing What We Don't Know
The lectionary gospel text for Trinity Sunday brings us an interesting case study of someone who just isn’t able to process what Jesus is trying to communicate. When Jesus encounters a Pharisee named Nicodemus and talks in his usual mode -- illustrating metaphysical truth through allusion and metaphor -- Nicodemus responds in the typical manner of many learned Hebrews... taking Jesus’ words very literally and attempting to parse out their meaning through a detailed examination.