Priming Pentecost

It’s Memorial Day in the US, but now that the parade has passed me by (literally), I need to plan Pentecost — that great holy day on the Christian liturgical calendar when we try to be surprised by the Spirit (“What??! Tongues of fire?! We...

Pentecost Prayer

Rush upon us. Overtake and consume us, O Holy Fire, until divisions turn to dusty ashes and walls of pride collapse. Spill out over us. Surround and overwhelm us, O Satisfying Fountain, until we waste love’s richness without measuring cost. Dance among us. Well...

Before Pentecost

Ah, blessed and beautiful Spirit of God!If you were a flowering azalea,I would be a butterflyresting on your petals and savoring your perfume.If you were an expansive ocean,I would be a kid on the beachchasing the tides and dipping my toes in the surf.If you were a...

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