Tag Archives: Pentecost

Prayer after this Pente-lost weekend in the United States

God, we pray for Philadelphia,after the shootingin an entertainment center,asking comfort for those who lovedthe three people who died,and care for the eleven injured. We pray for Summerton, South Carolina,after the shootingat a high school graduation party,asking comfort for those … Continue reading

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Pentecost Benediction

May your tongue tingle with good news. May your heart open to all the people of the street. And, when you are bent over by sorrow, may you find the Spirit’s feather on the ground waiting there to give you … Continue reading

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Some Pentecost 2020 prayers

1) Pentecost us, God, let us learn to conjugate the Spirit, shed the comfortable accents of churchy insider talk, learn to speak digital, worship virtually fit our mouths to something strange, speaking through a mask of love — mostly verbs, … Continue reading

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Guest Post, Heather Kelly, Aotearoa, New Zealand

Heather Kelly of Invercargill sent me a poem. It is a Pentecost poem and it is set in the winter season in which Pentecost comes in the Southern hemisphere. It called to me today — a day when I saw … Continue reading

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A poem for the liturgical season

What is red and flows freely? What is waited for but always unexpected? What needs to be translated into personal terms before it can be understood? What draws derision and disparagement from those who are nearby? Perhaps you were thinking … Continue reading

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Sophia — poem for worship from Aotearoa

I continue to be unwilling to let Pentecost go … our so-easy avoidance of the Spirit’s call. Rosalie Sugrue writes: Pentecost fell on the date our parish holds its annual ‘Women’s Fellowship Special Project Service’ (a service led by women … Continue reading

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The Cost of It

What the festival costs is more than the price of helium in a few small red balloons, and a birthday cake for the church during coffee hour. It costs going out to the streets, speaking words we don’t understand, listening … Continue reading

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Prayer for Habana, Cuba

Send your sweet, sweet Spirit of tenderness and comfort upon all who mourn family members and friends, church delegates from a Nazarene conference, tourists and crew members from Mexico after the plane crash at Jose Marti airport. Breathe into this … Continue reading

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A Prayer of Benediction for Pentecost from Argentina

A Prayer of Benediction for Pentecost by Gerardo Oberman Que la generosidad de tu soplo de vida transforme nuestra vida y la plenifique. Que la fuerza del viento de tu amor nos inunde y nos desborde. Que el fuego de … Continue reading

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Pentecost, 2017

So, if the essence of Pentecost is this — (having set aside the red balloons, and birthday cake for the church) the ability to speak a language that means nothing to me but shares the good news someone needs, (and … Continue reading

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