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Pentecost

May 20, 2015

Pentecost: a Question about the Crowd

The Pentecost story is so familiar that I picture it easily. But I've just come to realize that I've been wrong about a detail. I'm wondering if that detail matters. Acts 2:1-21. The Pentecost story takes place on a feast day roughly ten days after Jesus ascended to heaven. As I've always pictured … [Read more...] about Pentecost: a Question about the Crowd

Lectionary Study Acts 2:1-21,  Pentecost

May 19, 2013

All Together: Pentecost

The Pentecost story in Acts 2 begins with this sentence: They were all together in one place. The they is the disciples and other followers of Jesus, and the time is 10 days after Jesus had disappeared into the clouds. I can imagine the Jesus-followers were sad, confused, and a bit frozen-feeling. … [Read more...] about All Together: Pentecost

Lectionary Study Acts 2:1-21,  Pentecost

June 13, 2011

Farewell to My Church on Pentecost

Most unusual: The parking lot was already lined with cars when we pulled in. Inside the church office, my desktop was almost clear. I made photocopies of various last-minute instruction lists and reminders, and posted them in conspicuous places, the way you might for your first overnight … [Read more...] about Farewell to My Church on Pentecost

Leading the Small Church farewell liturgy,  Pentecost,  Poolesville Presbyterian Church,  saying goodbye to a church

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