Posts tagged Pentecost 2023
What Can Be Seen Is Temporary, But What Cannot Be Seen Is Eternal: Pentecost Saturday

Welcome to the Pentecost Daybook series for these 8 days of celebration (through Trinity Sunday). May you know the power of the risen and reigning Christ resting on you and working through you today, tomorrow, and always!

LOOK: Wheat and Wine (germinated wheat, wine, paper, thread, beeswax), Paul Roorda - Source

READ: Psalm 30, 32; Psalm 42, 43; Deuteronomy 5:22-33; 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:10; Luke 16:19-31

PRAY: Prayer to the Holy Spirit

DO: Throughout the first week of Pentecost, I'll be sharing excerpts from my upcoming book, The Spacious Path: Practicing the Restful Way of Jesus in a Fragmented World. In Part 2 of the book, I invite us to consider Jesus invitation in Matthew 11:28-30 to “walk with him” as an invitation to walk with his church. First, I want to tell you about the community that shaped my default imagination for church.

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For it is the God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts: Pentecost Friday

Welcome to the Pentecost Daybook series for these 8 days of celebration (through Trinity Sunday). May you know the power of the risen and reigning Christ resting on you and working through you today, tomorrow, and always!

LOOK: Pentecost, Titian - Source

READ: Psalm 31; Psalm 35; Deuteronomy 5:1-22; 2 Corinthians 4:1-12; Luke 16:10-18

PRAY: Prayer to the Holy Spirit

DO: Throughout the first week of Pentecost, I'll be sharing excerpts from my upcoming book, The Spacious Path: Practicing the Restful Way of Jesus in a Fragmented World. In Part 2 of the book, I invite us to consider Jesus invitation in Matthew 11:28-30 to “walk with him” as an invitation to walk with his church. First, I want to tell you about the community that shaped my default imagination for church.

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You Are Our Letter: Pentecost Thursday

Welcome to the Pentecost Daybook series for these 8 days of celebration (through Trinity Sunday). May you know the power of the risen and reigning Christ resting on you and working through you today, tomorrow, and always!

LOOK: Living Epistle, Steve Prince - Source

READ: Psalm 37:1-18; Psalm 37:19-42; Deuteronomy 4:32-40; 2 Corinthians 3:1-18; Luke 16:1-9

PRAY: Prayer to the Holy Spirit

DO: Throughout the first week of Pentecost, I'll be sharing excerpts from my upcoming book, The Spacious Path: Practicing the Restful Way of Jesus in a Fragmented World. In Part 2 of the book, I invite us to consider Jesus invitation in Matthew 11:28-30 to “walk with him” as an invitation to walk with his church. First, I want to tell you about the community that shaped my default imagination for church.

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Abundantly Beloved: Pentecost Wednesday

Welcome to the Pentecost Daybook series for these 8 days of celebration (through Trinity Sunday). May you know the power of the risen and reigning Christ resting on you and working through you today, tomorrow, and always!

LOOK: Return of the Prodigal Son, Rembrandt - Source

READ: Psalm 38; Psalm 119:25-48; Deuteronomy 4:25-31; 2 Corinthians 1:23-2:17; Luke 15:1-2, 11-32

PRAY: Prayer to the Holy Spirit

DO: Throughout the first week of Pentecost, I'll be sharing excerpts from my upcoming book, The Spacious Path: Practicing the Restful Way of Jesus in a Fragmented World. In Part 2 of the book, I invite us to consider Jesus invitation in Matthew 11:28-30 to “walk with him” as an invitation to walk with his church. First, I want to tell you about the community that shaped my default imagination for church.

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It Is God Who Establishes Us: Pentecost Tuesday

Welcome to the Pentecost Daybook series for these 8 days of celebration (through Trinity Sunday). May you know the power of the risen and reigning Christ resting on you and working through you today, tomorrow, and always!

LOOK: Upper Story, Lower Story (from When Old People Talk to Young People), Sedrick Huckaby - Source

READ: Psalm 26, 28; Psalm 36, 39; Deuteronomy 4:15-24; 2 Corinthians 1:12-22; Luke 15:1-10

PRAY: Prayer to the Holy Spirit

DO: Throughout the first week of Pentecost, I'll be sharing excerpts from my upcoming book, The Spacious Path: Practicing the Restful Way of Jesus in a Fragmented World. In Part 2 of the book, I invite us to consider Jesus invitation in Matthew 11:28-30 to “walk with him” as an invitation to walk with his church. First, I want to tell you about the community that shaped my default imagination for church.

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We Are One in the Spirit: Pentecost Sunday

A blessed Pentecost, friends!

LOOK: Pentecost 2000, Laura James - Source

LISTEN: One in the Spirit, Ruth Naomi Floyd - YouTube | Spotify

READ: Genesis 11:1-9; Psalm 104:24-35v; Acts 2:1-21; John 14:8-17

I’ll post daily readings for the week between Pentecost Sunday and Trinity Sunday.

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

Do: The Church has long used the symbols of fire, wind, and water to represent the power given to us by the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Today would be a great day to light candles, host a bonfire or walk around a neighborhood seeking out evidence of the Holy Spirit’s light.

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