Pentecost was, a Jewish festival, originally meant to celebrate the harvest, it evolved into a celebration of Moses receiving the Law from God on Mt. Sinai The disciples of Jesus, all 120 of them perhaps, are gathered together to celebrate that festival And in the midst of this old thing, the Holy Spirit breaks in…
It’s kind of easy for us today to look back at the disciples, cowering in fear behind their locked door, and maybe get a little smug about it We might be tempted to say something like, oh, I would never do something like that I would have been out there, boldly telling the world that…
If you are familiar with “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, you know it begins like this: Marley was dead, to begin with. This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of our story. Well, to understand Easter, maybe we need to begin in a similar way: Jesus was dead, to begin with.…
Happy 2015 everyone! My hope and prayer is that this new year will bring you an abundance of blessings, an abundance of joy, an abundance of happiness, and an abundance of love. Whatever 2014 may have been for you, I hope that 2015 is better in every way. One of the best things about a…