Pentecost

This Sunday is Pentecost Sunday, celebrating the Holy Spirit descending upon the Apostles and other disciples as Jesus said it would. Pentecost falls 50 days (seven weeks) after Easter and 10 days after Jesus' Ascension into heaven, and it marks the beginning of the church's mission into the world.

Pentecost

Today we feel the wind beneath our wings
Today  the hidden fountain flows and plays
Today the church draws breath at last and sings
As every flame becomes a Tongue of praise.
This is the feast of fire, air, and water
Poured out and breathed and kindled into earth.
The earth herself awakens to her maker
And is translated out of death to birth.
The right words come today in their right order
And every word spells freedom and release
Today the gospel crosses every border
All tongues are loosened by the Prince of Peace
Today the lost are found in His translation.
Whose mother-tongue is Love, in  every nation.

Malcolm Guite (born 1957) is an English poet, singer, song writer, Anglican priest, and academic. He was born in Nigeria to British expatriate parents, and today lives in Cambridge, England. He has published fourteen volumes of poetry and Christian theology.

Grace and peace, 

Anita Sorenson
Pastor for Spiritual Formation