NeuroDivine

Worship, the Trinity, and the Need for Clear Language

Every now and then, a church leader makes a dramatic statement about who Christians should or shouldn’t worship—usually framed against “Mother Earth,” “icebergs,” or whatever social group is currently being treated as an ideology. The language is loud, but it often leaves people with a quieter, more honest question:

Who do Christians actually worship?

For those of us who value clarity—especially neurodivergent Christians who navigate faith through precision, pattern, and meaning—this matters.

Christians worship the Triune God

The Christian tradition is consistent and remarkably stable on this point:

• God the Father
• God the Son (Christ)
• God the Holy Spirit

One God. Three Persons.

Worship is directed to the fullness of God, not to one Person at the exclusion of the others.

We worship Christ because Christ is God—not because Christ replaces the Father or the Spirit. Any suggestion otherwise isn’t orthodoxy; it’s just noise.

Creation care is not idolatry

No Christian community is worshipping the planet or glaciers.
Caring for creation is not a rival religion. It is part of Christian discipleship.

For many neurodivergent people, the natural world is a place of regulation, grounding, and sensory peace. Recognising creation as gift is not the same as worshipping it. It is simply receiving what God has made with gratitude and responsibility.

People are not ideologies

When leaders speak as though whole groups—including LGBT people—are “ideologies,” something essential is lost.

People are not abstractions.
People are not threats.
People are not idols.

Reducing human beings to slogans is not Christian theology. It is a communication shortcut that harms real people and obscures the Gospel’s call to dignity and compassion.

Worship is not a weapon

Saying “We worship Christ” is not a culture‑war slogan. It is a confession of faith in the God who creates, redeems, and sustains—the God who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Worship is meant to open us, not harden us.
It draws us deeper into love, not deeper into fear.

And for neurodivergent Christians, clarity in this matters. When language is used carelessly or aggressively, it becomes harder to trust the message. When language is used truthfully and gently, it becomes a doorway into understanding.

The heart of it all

Christians worship the Triune God. We care for creation because it is God’s gift. We honour people because they bear God’s image. We refuse to let rhetoric replace reality.

That’s not ideology.
That’s faith.