“They were amazed, mouths gaping, and saying, ‘Check it out, aren’t these Galileans who are speaking? How is it we’re hearing the language we grew up with’” (Acts 2.7-8). Language is what Pentecost is all about. The story of this… Read moreLanguage of Home

“…’teaching them to hold tight to all the directives I’ve given to you. And, listen, I’m with you every single day, all the way to the consummation of this age’” (Matthew 28.20). It’s storybook, romantic language. It’s what a lover… Read moreI am with you…

“But you’ll receive power when the Holy Spirit has come and you’ll be my witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the far points of earth” (Acts 1.8). Now we’re talking. Three years of waiting and following and now, now it… Read morePower

“When they had come together, they asked him saying, ‘Anointed One, is this the moment when you will restore the Kingdom of Israel” (Acts 1.6)? The Resurrection is, as we’ve been seeing, full of surprises. The disciples have been left… Read moreAnticipation