More than a Show
Pentecost and the revolutionary presencePentecost | Acts 2:1-21 and John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 drewdowns · More than a Show (Pentecost) The Holy Spirit sure knows how to make an entrance, doesn’t she?...
View ArticleChange as new witness—for Pentecost
For SundayThe Day of Pentecost Collect Almighty God, on this day you opened the way of eternal life to every race and nation by the promised gift of your Holy Spirit: Shed abroad this gift throughout...
View ArticleWitness is a participatory word
For a lot of church people, the word witness evokes two things: court rooms and evangelicals. Which makes it a word we aren’t keen to use. But it is an important word in the gospel of John. Over...
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Advocating Love
Photo by Savvas Kalimeris on Unsplash [cropped] The Power of the SpiritEaster 6A | John 14:15-21 You know how there’s a classic you haven’t gotten around to reading, and at a certain point, you’ve...
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The Unseen Spirit
Photo by Marcos Paulo Prado on Unsplash The matters of sight continue this week. This is the ongoing teaching from Jesus this Easter season: to develop new sight. We don’t fully appreciate it at the...
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The Spirit’s Potential
Photo by Mohamed Nohassi on Unsplash For Sunday Easter 6A Collect O God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as surpass our understanding: Pour into our hearts such love towards...
View ArticleLiving Trinity
The Trinity is hard. Understanding it. And living it. But that is precisely what Jesus is inviting us to work out. And why love isn’t neutralTrinity Sunday | John 16:12-15 I’m confident it doesn’t...
View ArticleStudent Teaching Grace
Pentecost is a moment of empowerment. But what are we being empowered to do? We often use the confusion to avoid doing anything. And the gospel of sharingPentecost | John 14:8-17 (25-27) Woo! Here we...
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What is Pentecost?
Pentecost is one of the oldest feasts of the church. It has something to do with the Holy Spirit. And liturgical churches switch everything over to red. But what is it about? And what happens if we pay...
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When the dam breaks
It is easy to get distracted by the rushing wind and tongues of fire. But the true revelation is that there is a force that would propel us at all. the power behind the PentecostPentecost | Acts...
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God loves you anyway
Jesus talking about love in the midst of crisis is always relevant. Jesus saying each other is the way to know God is even more so. Knowing the love of God requires admitting it can be known.Easter 6A...
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Wrapped up in love
The Holy Spirit isn’t a fixer – like we’re gangsters who need someone to clean up our mess. She’s our advocate, compelling us to be in this together. The radical advocacy of the Holy Spirit Pentecost...
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We are the Medium
The message of Pentecost is about the power of God. But that doesn’t mean what we normally think it means because God’s power isn’t over us, it’s power with us. In Pentecost, both the medium and the...
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The failure of rigidity in Christian faith
I went to seminary to find the answers. All of them. To be smart and do the right things. It took longer than it should’ve to see how wrong I was. I had swallowed that ridiculousness whole. Liturgy...
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When the Power Goes Out
The ascension is one of the most challenging stories for modern Christians to believe. And yet, it might be among the most important to hear. Ascension | Acts 1:1-11 When reading Scripture, I have a...
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To Widen the Circle
Pentecost, with its loud, violent wind, its flaming tongues, and its utter chaos of voices which resound into a symphony of unity in diversity, is about GOD so utterly changing the game we still aren’t...
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No One Can Say
No One Can Say (Day 25 of A Simple Lent) | Wednesday In a most compelling turn, Paul leaves behind the abuse which bothered him yesterday to speak instead of what the blessed community should look...
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Announcements
I truly value communication. It has always been one of my top priorities. For a church, I’ve built a website, set up social media pages, published a weekly email newsletter, not to mention planned the...
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Trinity
The Trinity is the most important concept in the church. It is important in the way that things are important. It has this essential character, it is the source of great conflict, and it has some...
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Of what are we afraid?
This is what trust looks like, what faith looks like. Not only in the mustard seed, but in the calming of storms. Not only in the theoretical, but in our lives; in our triumphs and challenges; in our...
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