Day of Pentecost (Year B, RCL)

The Spirit is always seeking to pray on our behalf. Why didn’t anyone tell me this in seminary?

Have you ever tried to watch the wind? Good luck.

The early Black church understood that the church is not just a place for worship—it is a launching pad for liberation.

Some resurrection stories carry wounds we must not ignore.

Dry bones don’t resurrect themselves.

I’m sure there are good uses for AI in our churches. Prayer and preaching aren’t among them.

To speak Black Church is to dwell in a world of metaphors about a God who is engaged in the lives of Black people.

Christians are taught to practice imitatio Christi, empowered by the Holy Spirit. What if we flipped this narrative?

The Enlightenment thinker was fiercely critical of religion. But what did he mean by religion?

In catacombs, crypts, and ossuaries, I’ve seen the ugliness of death transformed into something beautiful.

How could it be better for Jesus to go away?

Acts points us to a better communion, one that preserves and celebrates diversity.

Growing up bilingual primed me to see the gifts offered at Babel and Pentecost.

Before Satan, there was the biblical sea monster Leviathan.

The Duke Chapel dean writes as if the Holy Spirit makes all the difference for faithful preaching—and anti-racism.

When I’m tempted to click “Add to cart,” I hear creation groaning.

Hope has not seen, and hope does not know.

We are often told that “negative” emotions are to be ejected, tossed aside, and forgotten as quickly as possible.

Luke slows down to elaborate the diversity of the crowd—simply for the pleasure of it.