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Pentecost
May 27, 2012
Willimon, William H., "Taking It to the Streets," The
Christian Century, 1991.
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“The Spirit which evokes the church, forming family out of a
mob in the street, is as ‘intellectually valid’ and ‘morally effective’ as
‘public speech’ which panders to the powers. After we have jettisoned our
‘confessional particularities’ and ‘exclusive histories’ we may find that we
have not gone public. We have merely capitulated to the university, the
corporation and the nation.”
Taylor, Barbara Brown, "God's Breath," Journal for
Preachers, 2003.
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“Here, then, is an alternative birth story for an
alternative kind of church—not a Gentle Breath congregation but a Violent Wind
congregation—propelled more by God's sneeze than God's breath?—where there is
such a strong wind blowing toward the open doors of the church that people
would have to lash themselves to the pews in order to stay inside.”
Wink, Walter, "These Bones Shall Live," The Christian
Century, 1994.
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“God is at work m our malaise today. It may be that the
parish-based church will continue to wither away even as people experience
unprecedented levels of spiritual hunger and restlessness…It may be that the
new forms of the church's faithfulness are already present among us,
unrecognized It may be that they are still waiting to be birthed. This will be
one of the most turbulent and innovative periods in the church's entire
history. The very depression that wracks so many may be the pry bar that will
separate them from dying forms In any case, God is already bringing these dry
bones to life.”
Peterson, Eugene, "The Story Behind the Story: John 15:26-27;
16:4b-15," Journal for Preachers, 2003.
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“John is slowing us down. John is quieting us down. John is
asking us to shut up and listen. John is telling us to turn off our cell
phones, stow our palm pilots, and pay attention to this story that we think we
know so well. John is inviting us into the company of Jesus for a time of
spiritual formation. John is getting us ready for Pentecost.”
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