Posts tagged Pentecost 2020
Empowered to Give, Receive, and Be Love: Pentecost Saturday

Look: Jae-Im Kim (Korean), The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost, 1996. Collage.

Listen: You can listen to my playlist for Pentecost in its entirety on Spotify: Pentecost 2020.

Read: Psalm 55; Ecclesiastes 5:8-20; Galatians 3:23-4:11; Matthew15:1-20

Pray: Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Come, Holy Spirit,
fill the hearts of your faithful,
and enkindle in us the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit and we shall be created,
and you shall renew the face of the earth.
Amen.

Do: Throughout the week I'll be sharing excerpts from spiritual teacher Henri Nouwen as well as my own brief reflections about the way the Holy Spirit empowers us to live in peace, freedom, and power. Read, reflect, journal, and share your own responses with the rest of us in the comment section.

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Empowered to Heal: Pentecost Friday

Look: The Space Between Triptych 16, Jane Guthrie - Source

Listen: You can listen to my playlist for Pentecost in its entirety on Spotify: Pentecost 2020.

Read: Psalm 40, 54; Ecclesiastes 5:1-7; Galatians 3:15-22; Matthew 14:22-36

Pray: Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Come, Holy Spirit,
fill the hearts of your faithful,
and enkindle in us the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit and we shall be created,
and you shall renew the face of the earth.
Amen.

Do: Throughout the week I'll be sharing excerpts from spiritual teacher Henri Nouwen as well as my own brief reflections about the way the Holy Spirit empowers us to live in peace, freedom, and power. Read, reflect, journal, and share your own responses with the rest of us in the comment section

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Pentecost Thursday: Empowered to Speak

Look: Pentecost Art Installation (2009), Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, IN - Source

Listen: You can listen to my playlist for Pentecost in its entirety on Spotify: Pentecost 2020.

Read: Psalm 8, 84; Ecclesiastes 3:16-4:3; Galatians 3:1-14; Mathew 14:13-21

*note: I included the evening Psalm instead of the morning because I'm so late in posting this today!

Pray: Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Come, Holy Spirit,
fill the hearts of your faithful,
and enkindle in us the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit and we shall be created,
and you shall renew the face of the earth.
Amen.

Do: Throughout the week I'll be sharing excerpts from spiritual teacher Henri Nouwen as well as my own brief reflections about the way the Holy Spirit empowers us to live in peace, freedom, and power. Read, reflect, journal, and share your own responses with the rest of us in the comment section.

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Pentecost Wednesday: Empowered to Pray

Look:

1. Pentecost, Sister Corita Kent - Source

2. Word Picture: Gift of Tongues, Sister Corita Kent - Source

Listen: You can listen to my playlist for Pentecost in its entirety on Spotify: Pentecost 2020.

Read: Psalm 49, 53; Ecclesiastes 3:1-15; Galatians 2:11-21; Matthew 14:1-12

Pray: Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Come, Holy Spirit,
fill the hearts of your faithful,
and enkindle in us the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit and we shall be created,
and you shall renew the face of the earth.
Amen.

Do: Throughout the week I'll be sharing excerpts from spiritual teacher Henri Nouwen as well as my own brief reflections about the way the Holy Spirit empowers us to live in peace, freedom, and power. Read, reflect, journal, and share your own responses with the rest of us in the comment section.

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#BlackOutTuesday for Pentecost

It's occurred to me that some of the folks in our Patreon community don't know me in other online settings and that I want to make sure I'm promoting and amplifying the voices of people of color in all places I give voice.

In place of my scheduled Pentecost Daybook post today, I want to reshare from my Facebook and Instagram accounts this list of people I'm listening to, learning from, and hoping to offer love and support. I'll be back tomorrow with our next Pentecost Daybook post.

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Pentecost Monday: Empowered as Joint Heirs With Christ

Look: Pentecost, Makoto Fujimura - Source

Listen: You can listen to my playlist for Pentecost in its entirety on Spotify: Pentecost 2020.

Read: Psalm 41, 52; Ecclesiastes 2:1-15; Galatians 1:1-17; Matthew 13:44-52

Pray: Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Come, Holy Spirit,
fill the hearts of your faithful,
and enkindle in us the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit and we shall be created,
and you shall renew the face of the earth.
Amen.

Do: Throughout the week I'll be sharing excerpts from spiritual teacher Henri Nouwen as well as my own brief reflections about the way the Holy Spirit empowers us to live in peace, freedom, and power. Read, reflect, journal, and share your own responses with the rest of us in the comment section.

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Day of Pentecost: Love One Another

Look:

1. Pentecost as one of 32 interior paintings in the Book of the Gospels by Laura James in her Christian Ethiopian style - Source

2. Love One Another, Laura James

Listen: The Blessing - YouTube

Read: Numbers 11:24-30; Psalm 104:24-35; Acts 2:1-21; John 7:37-39

Pray: Collect for Day of Pentecost, Book of Common Prayer

Do: The Anglican Multi-Ethnic Network invites you to join them for a service of prayer and lament for recent events THIS EVENING (Sunday, May 31) at 8 pm EST via a Zoom webinar. Brian and I and several folks from our church and other churches we love will be there!

The event link is here.

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