A Jewish boy in grade school was listening to his Hebrew teacher quoting the most important of all the Hebrew Scriptures, Deuteronomy 6:4: "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one."

"When will He be two?" the little fellow asked after mulling this over for a moment in his mind. If the Lord is one, then surely, some day, He will be two.

It reminds me of something Mickey Rivers, an outfielder for the Texas Rangers baseball team once said about his warm relationship with Yankee owner George Steinbrenner and manager Billy Martin. Rivers is quoted as saying, "Me and George and Billy are two of a kind." (1)

Well, that's quite an accomplishment. The three of them are two of a kind.

Each year on this first Sunday after Pentecost churches all over this land celebrate Trinity Sunday. E…