Reflections for

Day of Pentecost, Jun 08, 2014

Acts 2:1-21 or Numbers 11:24-30; Psalm 104:24-34, 35b; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 or Acts 2:1-21; John 20:19-23 or John 7:37-39

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God in spirit

Genesis 1:1–2:4a; Psalm 8; Matt. 28:16–20

Jun 13, 2011 by Nanette Sawyer

In my church we've been exploring the idea that God is fully present in each person of the Trinity. Recently our focus has been on the Holy Spirit. On Trinity Sunday, a week after Pentecost, it might be fruitful to consider the implications of this full presence of God in the Spirit.

Blogging Toward Sunday

Signs of Pentecost

Acts 2:1–21

Jun 06, 2011 by Jim Honig

It's commonly suggested that the Pentecost story is a reversal of the chaotic separation of the Tower of Babel. That point gets debated. What isn't debatable is that people remain separated in abundant ways.

Living by the Word

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Acts 2:1-21

May 31, 2011 by Jim Honig

I grew up long before the age of YouTube. My Sunday school rooms were in a church basement in western Nebraska. We didn't even have filmstrips! When I think back to the story of the first Pentecost, I remember an illustration on one of those Sunday school leaflets that we kids took home each week. The Pentecost leaflet showed men in robes standing in a room looking out of some windows.

Cover Story

Water in worship

The ecology of baptism

Jan 28, 2011 by Benjamin M. Stewart

There is quite a gap between the wilderness-pilgrimage baptisms of John and the small and hidden baptismal places in many of our worship spaces. Happily, this is changing.

Living by the Word

Gifts all around us

John 20:19-23; Acts 2:1-21; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13

May 06, 2008 by Tom McGrath

What happens to a person when the Holy Spirit descends like a tongue of fire? In Acts, those present were filled with the Holy Spirit. We all long for this. We all seek fulfillment. I saw this once when I was conducting a spiritual retreat for members of various 12-step groups. Each person spoke powerfully about how the pain of emptiness in his life had led him down wayward paths. Each had discovered that “you can never get enough of that which will not satisfy.”

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