Tag: Acts 2:1-21

  • Befriending the Spirit

    Befriending the Spirit

    Before the Pentecost event, Jesus reminds his followers that their work and comfort come are the same: relational and active and loving.

  • More than a Show

    More than a Show

    Pentecost is a spectacle of power and grace. Our response to it can be shallow; which means we miss its true revolutionary message.

  • The Rich Feast of Pentecost

    The Rich Feast of Pentecost

    Pentecost gives us plenty to talk about each year. We must start with what it is we need to focus on—and some of what we don’t.

  • Offering Water

    Offering Water

    In Pentecost, we have a miraculous event of divine communication. But the challenge is in remembering we are disciples.

  • Focus On the Mission

    Focus On the Mission

    When reading of the Pentecost, our minds are split: do we focus on the miracle of it, or on what God is revealing?

  • Beyond the Spectacle

    Beyond the Spectacle

    The Pentecost invites us to be part of something bigger. An invitation which continues to be revolutionary.

  • Those Holy Geese

    Those Holy Geese

    For SundayPentecost Collect O God, who on this day taught the hearts of your faithful people by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit: Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,…

  • When the dam breaks

    When the dam breaks

    It is easy to get distracted by the rushing wind and tongues of fire. But the true revelation is that there is a force that would propel us at all.