Day of Pentecost (Year 1, NL)
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The priesthood of all chatbots?
I’m sure there are good uses for AI in our churches. Prayer and preaching aren’t among them.
Dear Jesus, Am I broken enough yet?
At youth group and church camp, I learned to perform my own unworthiness. It took years to recognize the spiritual harm this caused.
Black Church is my mother tongue
To speak Black Church is to dwell in a world of metaphors about a God who is engaged in the lives of Black people.
The four gospels and their very different endings
Some things are too big for a single narrative.
The imitation of the Spirit
Christians are taught to practice imitatio Christi, empowered by the Holy Spirit. What if we flipped this narrative?
May 19, Pentecost (Acts 2:1–21)
Acts points us to a better communion, one that preserves and celebrates diversity.
Speaking in two tongues
Growing up bilingual primed me to see the gifts offered at Babel and Pentecost.
Luke Powery preaches through and beyond racism
The Duke Chapel dean writes as if the Holy Spirit makes all the difference for faithful preaching—and anti-racism.
Living by kinship, not consumption
When I’m tempted to click “Add to cart,” I hear creation groaning.
Framing ethnicity (Acts 2:1-21)
Luke slows down to elaborate the diversity of the crowd—simply for the pleasure of it.
by Greg Carey
The waters of baptism remember
What was the earthy taste of river water telling me?