God’s New Language
On Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came rushing down as wind and fire, reversing the “curse” of Babel, and calling all of humanity to the truth that we are made to exist in diverse and inter-reliant community. As lines of demarcation and othering, “US” and “THEM” continue to be drawn, and immigrant communities terrorized across the country, followers of Christ must be a part of proclaiming justice and choosing the vital messiness of embrace.
Scripture & Quotations
Genesis 11:1-9
Acts 2:1-18
“That wind, that Spirit, created a new nation that was no longer subject to the constraints of the past and the boundaries that keep us apart. God’s salvation is the creation of a new society that invites each person to become part of a new age that the nations of this world cannot provide.”
“At Pentecost God created a new language, but it is an embodied language of care. It is a baptism of fire through which we enter a community whose memory of its Savior creates the miracle of being a people whose very differences contribute to their unity and love for one another. We call this new creation church
- Stanley Hauerwas, Jesus Changes Everything: A New World Made Possible
“Pentecost” by Jean Restout II (1692–1768)
