Acts 2:14a, 36-41
Easter 3A
Peter’s first Pentecost sermon’s aftermath at least suggests that preaching and teaching the Scriptures is a bit like brandishing a lethally sharp sword. Since it can cut very deeply, its handlers want to be both very careful and prepared to help stop any bleeding our proclamation may cause. Reading the lesson the Lectionary appoints […]
John 15:26-27, 16:4b-15
Pentecost B
[…] to come, or should we be on the lookout for somebody else? You know, somebody better?” John was looking for more Spirit, more fire. But in this Pentecost Year B lection from John 16 we encounter what Dale Bruner calls “Jesus’ Spirit Sermon” and it is hands-down the longest single section about the Holy […]
1 Corinthians 12:3b-13
Pentecost A
[…] Some people inspire by presenting grand visions, others help realize visions by micromanaging the nitty-gritty. Thankfully, God is both types in one and the Holy Spirit of Pentecost embodies every gift and distributes them as the Spirit sees fit. Few passages lay this out as swiftly as 1 Corinthians 12. What is striking about […]
Acts 2:1-21
Pentecost
[…] long ago the same was true for the holiday known as Shavuot. It had been seven weeks since Passover. The fiftieth day since Passover was called “ Pentecost” (the “pente” part tying in with the number 5, as in a five-sided building or shape called a pentagon). This is when the people had long […]
Acts 8:14-17
Epiphany 1C
[…] to the ends of the earth.” Overwhelmed by that mission, they wait and pray for the gift of God. The Holy Spirit blows into the church at Pentecost and the resultant explosive growth of the church is nothing less than miraculous. Great joy fills the church as it enjoys the blessing of God and […]
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b
Pentecost
[…] includes: birds, beasts, dogs, cats, gophers. Everybody. We are talking about a lot of breaths! But since part of Psalm 104 is assigned for the Year A Pentecost Sunday, lots of breaths and thinking about breathing is the point of it all. Pentecost is the great out-breathing of God’s very Spirit and although some […]
Acts 10:44-48
Easter 6B
[…] of the Lectionary’s celebration of the mighty acts of God in Christ. Ordinary Time is nearly upon us. But first we commemorate Christ’s Ascension next Sunday and Pentecost the Sunday after that. Today our focus is on what many scholars call “The Gentile Pentecost.” Our text is one of the shortest readings in the […]
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b
Pentecost B
Pentecost (Special Days); Pentecost (Church Seasons); Praise (Spiritual Practices); God’s attributes (Trinity and Incarnation); Creation (Theological Topics); Lectionary (Preaching and Worship Practice); Sermon (Preaching and Worship Practice); Science and Nature (Church and Society)
Romans 8:14-17
Pentecost C
[…] As a result, my parents’ estate’s executor needed to learn just who wanted something and how much of our inheritance they claimed. Paul spends most of this Pentecost’s Epistolary Lesson talking about the work of the Holy Spirit. However, he also talks a bit about the inheritance God has graciously and generously promised God’s […]
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b
Pentecost A
Probably Psalm 104:30 is the primary reason why this psalm is assigned in the Year A Lectionary for Pentecost Sunday. And probably this fits overall, but we have to admit that in those translations in which the word “spirit” is capitalized in verse 30—and in other psalms—we are being told by the translators to […]
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