Day of Pentecost (Year A, RCL)

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.

Holly Carey turns up the brightness on the most faithful disciples in the gospels: the women.

My life must be lived as a response to something beyond myself and my material needs.

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.

For Moses, besting old No-Name Pharaoh and His Eager Egyptians isn’t even the hardest part.

Jesus is no ghost; his breath reeks of resurrection.

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

Five new books about Luke and Acts

Maybe we should see Pentecost as a celebration of land and labor in which the Holy Spirt is made known.

Grant Macaskill’s reflection on neurodiversity becomes a stimulus to renewal of faith.

We might add to Paul's list gifts for offering comfort, or explaining new guidelines, or displaying ease with technology.

“Receive the Holy Spirit” isn’t an invitation. It’s a command.

Talking about God in the face of wounds that won’t go away

God called all of them good. Humans are rapidly destroying them.

Passing the peace is a word of welcome. It’s also much more than that.

Growing up, I never heard a word about God laughing, joking, or doing anything for fun.