Lectionary /
Day of Pentecost (Year 4, NL)
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Coming into focus: John 15:26-27, 16:4b-15; Acts 2:1-21
"When the Counselor comes!" What was Jesus trying to tell us? His words came after an embarrassing incident. When none of us disciples was willing to wash someone else's feet, Jesus did it. Our rabbi and leader. Not until much later would we understand what he was doing; on that night we could only listen and try to make sense of his words.
Thirst quencher: John 7:37-39; Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104:24-34, 35b
In the original Christian Pentecost are seeds of a universalist impulse, a catholic principle.
To see and not to see: Acts 17:22-31; John 14:15-21
Paul refuses to let God become just another novelty.
Hitting the road: Sunday, June 3 (1 Corinthians 12:4-13; Acts 2:1-11)
You can’t micromanage a road trip. The wind blows where it wills.
Holy heartburn: Acts 2:14a; 36-41; 1 Peter 1: 17-23; Luke 24: 13-35
Again and again in scripture, pounding hearts become burning hearts.
Jesus appears: Acts 2:14a; 22-32; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31
As a seminarian, I never seemed to be there when Jesus arrived.