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Pentecost’s Reminder to Keep Jesus’ Commands

June 5, 2022 By Dorian Del Priore Leave a Comment

The Feast of Pentecost is loaded with profound and fantastical readings of scripture.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: commandments, Feast Days, godparents, Jesus Christ, Pentecost

The Blessed Confusion of Pentecost

May 23, 2021 By Ryan Kuratko 2 Comments

To arrive at Pentecost, we should go through the Tower of Babel. The arrival of the Holy Spirit rhymes with that story on purpose—so let’s take a moment and follow a story we might not have thought about in years.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: diversity, Feast Days, Holy Spirit, Pentecost

Preparing for Pentecost

May 18, 2021 By Traci Smith Leave a Comment

Pentecost is the day when the Holy Spirit comes from heaven like a rushing wind. It’s full of symbolism… flame, wind, water, the dove. It’s a rich time to do fun crafts or activities as a family to celebrate this important day in the Christian year. The color of pentecost is RED.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: crafts with kids, Pentecost, Traci Smith

Except in Lent, add Alleluia.

August 21, 2020 By Jamie Osborne 1 Comment

I had something curious happen to me this past week, and it’s made me pay attention and wonder how the events of this past year are affecting not only me, but all of us.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: alleluia, coronavirus, Daily Office, Evening Prayer, ordinary time, Pentecost, St. Benedict

Celebrating Pentecost at Home

May 31, 2020 By Allison Sandlin Liles 1 Comment

It’s been fifty days since Easter Day. Fifty days. Seven Weeks. An entire liturgical season spent physically distancing from our church families.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: art, cooking with kids, coronavirus, Feast Days, Heather Sleightholm, Illustrated Children's Ministry, Pentecost

Red

June 14, 2019 By Anne Warner 1 Comment

It’s been less than a year since our family’s returned to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, so there are still surprises in the liturgical calendar. “Please wear red on Pentecost,” invited Father Randall. I owned nothing red except for a waffle-knit funnel-neck shirt that obviously screamed fall even though the weather was basically expected to be just that.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: hike, Holy Spirit, nature, Pentecost

God’s Dream of Diversity: Celebrating Pentecost

June 9, 2019 By Sara Irwin 1 Comment

My daughter has a book about unusual animal friendships. It hits every mark for cuteness: miniature animals, golden retrievers, implausible successe.  Rather than being sticky sweet, though, the book offers a generosity of spirit

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: children, communication, diversity, Pentecost, young children

Help children find their gifts this Pentecost season

June 16, 2017 By Heather Sleightholm 1 Comment

The call to go into the world in ministry in Christ’s name is for our children too. How can we help them grow into it?

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: discernment, Holy Spirit, ministry, parenting, Pentecost, young children

My morning prayers keep me focused on the Holy Spirit’s presence.

June 9, 2017 By Mary Lee Wile 7 Comments

For twenty years, my prayer practice reminded me that my children were sealed with the Holy Spirit and marked as Christ’s own forever.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: grandparenting, Holy Spirit, Pentecost, Prayer

I grow my garden; Jesus grows me.

June 7, 2017 By Rachel Jones Leave a Comment

How I feel about these plants in my garden is merely a fraction of the way Jesus feels about me and how I am growing.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: garden, Jesus, Pentecost

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