Day of Pentecost (Year 1, NL)
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Unconverted difference (Acts 2:1-21)
The Spirit affirms our differences, speaking in ways that each of us can understand—yet also drawing us together.
We need a Pentecost
Divisions mark our society—and our churches. What could possibly bring us together?
Listen to the world's groaning (Romans 8:12–25)
Christians have long lived in denial of our deep creaturely connections.
July 30, Ordinary 17A (Romans 8:26–39; Matthew 13:31–33, 44–52)
We can be joined by our suffering, not just separated.
Prayer isn’t our work, it’s God’s
I mostly agree with Jeffrey Weiss about prayer. I think St. Paul would too.
A freelance wedding that didn't fit my script
The gig seemed fairly routine. Then I saw the parrots.
What waiting reveals about our true selves
An insight I gleaned from Ernest Hemingway rings true for the mainline church today.
Children of the father?
Lutherans are trained to hear the scriptures as proclaiming either law or gospel. By "law" they mean not passages from the Old Testament but all of the Bible's bad news: the sins we commit, the misery we experience, the sorrows we inflict on one another, the death we anticipate, the distance from God that diminishes our lives. By "gospel" they mean not the final reading on Sunday morning but the good news of the mercy given by a loving God, wherever in the Bible it is proclaimed.
On the verge of comprehension
Those who heard the disciples preach on Pentecost comprehended the message in their own language. But that was only the beginning.
May 15, Day of Pentecost: Genesis 11:1-9; Acts 2:1-21
In Acts comes Luke’s imaginative way to build upon ancient stories. The tongues of fire are no longer seen from afar on top of God’s mountain. And the multiplicity of languages becomes God’s vehicle for bringing salvation to the entire world.
Europe’s Pentecost
Pentecost offers a vision for Europe: not one megastate or one system for everything, but a model of diversity as peace.