"God Isn’t a Twosome Off in a Corner"

"God Isn’t a Twosome Off in a Corner"

A relationship between two people, a true giving and receiving, becomes something that almost stands apart from the persons themselves. They can talk about their relationship. They can let other people in on their relationship and give their relationship to other people. That’s precisely what a mother and father should do for their child. Children who receive that gift are the healthiest and most secure children. I tell young people who are considering life together, I want you no to hoard your relationship. Give it to the community. Draw others into that space between you, into the way you relate, the enjoyment you have, the experiences you have. Don’t always just be a twosome off in the corner. God isn’t a twosome off in the corner. There is enough space between the giving of the Creator and the Redeemer to let all of the cosmos in between, and that’s us, the Church. The Church is what’s created in the give and take between the Father and the Son. That’s the first creed of the Church: The Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son, and we exist in the passion of that exchange. Think about that – forever.

Richard Rohr from The Price of Peoplehood