God Messes With Time

The Old New Thing of Pentecost

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This week, yours truly is the guest on the Strangely Warmed podcast. Strangely Warmed is a weekly podcast hosted by

Taylor Mertins

that explores the weekly texts of the Revised Common Lectionary. The Revised Common Lectionary is a three-year cycle of weekly lections used in Christian worship by many mainline Protestant churches in the United States and Canada. The RCL is based on the Church Year and includes four readings for each Sunday.

Khrystyna Kvyk (Ukrainian, 1994–), Pentecost, 2021. Acrylic on gessoed wood, 45 × 45 cm.

Taylor and I discuss the elections for Pentecost, Year B: Acts 2.1-21, Psalm 104.24-34, 35b, Romans 8.22-27, and John 15.26-27, 16.4b-15. Our conversation covers a range of topics, including stories of the Spirit, ecclesial comments, the work of the Lord, musical memories, unseen hope, advocacy, an old new thing, and the importance of clarity and confusion in the church.

I’d love to hear what you think of the episode.