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What's the Gift?

Acts 2:1-12

Pentecost

May 27, 2012

The Rev. Dr. Thomas G. Long (PCUSA)

I don't know if you've ever had the slightly embarrassing experience of having someone give you a gift, only to find out when you opened it, you did not have the foggiest idea what it was or what it was for. I mean, there you are: you're at the company Christmas party, or at a wedding shower, or at your birthday party, and someone hands you a gaily wrapped package. As you pull off the ribbon and the wrapping paper, all the eyes in the circle are on you. You open the box and there it is....

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When Christ Shows Up

John 20:19-25

Pentecost Sunday - Year A

June 12, 2011

The Rev. William Flippin, Jr. (ELCA)

Today's Gospel text begins with scared disciples in a locked room. I can imagine them sweating profusely and can even see some occasionally checking the doorknob to see that it was locked. Other disciples might have been looking out of a peephole or a window because of the fact they were now fugitives because their beloved leader, Jesus, has been executed to death on the cross by the means of crucifixion. The disciples fear the Roman and religious authorities that murdered Jesus would possibly murder them for being associated with this radical, itinerant preacher from Galilee. There messianic hopes have dissolved into mere survival, coupled by utter confusion and calamity. But the evangelist John records that Mary reports to them that she has seen the risen Christ. I am sure they thought she was delusional to have witnessed Jesus. In John the 20th chapter, around verse nineteen, something happens when Christ shows up to them.

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Other Recent Content About Pentecost

May 23, 2010

Golden Age?

The Rev. Canon Charles K. Robertson (TEC)

The Rev. Canon Chuck Robertson explores the "golden age" of the church in Acts 2, starting at Pentecost, and discovers that the golden age is not sometime back then, but now.

May 31, 2009

The Church's Hope

The Rev. Dr. Fred R. Anderson (PCUSA)

The Rev. Dr. Fred R. Anderson preaches on the Day of Pentecost and helps us understand the role and ministry of the Holy Spirit in the church and in our lives today.

May 11, 2008

Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Engines

The Rev. Dr. James B. Lemler (TEC)

The Rev. Dr. James B. Lemler preaches an inspired sermon on the day of Pentecost and calls the church to become ignited by the Holy Spirit for a vibrant life of faith in action.

May 27, 2007

This Is It

The Rev. Dr. Emmanuel McCall, Sr. (CBF)

The Rev. Dr. Emmanuel McCall, Sr. preaches about the day of pentacost.

June 04, 2006

Breathing Deeply

The Rev. Shannon Johnson Kershner (PCUSA)

The Rev. Shannon Johnson Kershner, pastor of Woodhaven Presbyterian Church in Irving, Texas, reminds us of the restorative power of the Holy Spirit when we allow ourselves to breathe deeply.

August 13, 2005

Sermon for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

The Rt. Rev. Steven Charleston (TEC)

Episcopal Bishop Steven Charleston preaches a moving sermon on Matthew 15:21-28 for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost.

May 15, 2005

When Pentecost Ends Too Soon

The Rev. Dr. Barbara K. Lundblad (ELCA)

The Rev. Barbara K. Lundblad is a professor of preaching at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, and formerly pastored an ELCA church in New York.

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