Pentecostal Truth
Pentecost is a highly revered day of great celebration. The Hebrew scriptures cite Pentecost as an annual Jewish celebration of harvest, fifty days after the first-fruits of the field. After Jesus’ death and resurrection, that feast day was the day the promised Spirit of Truth filled the disciples. This time, Pentecost came with fire and […]
Doing What He Did
For Sunday, May 15, 2016 – John 14:8-17, (25-27) Philip says to Jesus, “Show us the one you call Father. Then we will be satisfied.” Jesus is taken aback: “How can you say that? After all this time, what am I, chopped liver?” Even more audacious is Philip’s idea that seeing what lies beyond them will […]
The Truth of Love
For Sunday, May 24, 2015 – John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 We say we want the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. But sometimes the truth is not easy to hear. Jesus speaks to his friends from the depths of his own truth, telling them he soon will depart, leaving them under the care and teaching of an Advocate. They must have […]
Sent to Forgive
For Sunday, June 8, 2014 – John 20:19-23 Compared to the raucous outpouring of the Spirit upon the people of many lands and languages, as described in the book of Acts, this baptism is a good bit quieter. Here we meet the Spirit that slips in beside us when we are crouching in the desert of great loss, when […]
