It is quite a juxtaposition, these two holidays on one weekend.
Pentecost, celebrates the firey-red birthday of the Church in the Bible's 2nd chapter of Acts. The Holy Spirit came to the church with a miracle of understanding and community.
Memorial Day is an opportunity to decorate the graves of fallen heroes. It is a time to remember the sacrifice -- in peacetime and war -- of brave men and women. None wanted to die for their country, but they did. The church remembers the nation's fallen heroes.
There must be a connection between the clarity, understanding, and community experienced by the very early church in Jerusalem and the need for the same in the church and the world today. I will pray for a Pentecost spirit for Northminster, the nation, and the world.
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