Four weeks ago, Jesus told his followers to wait for the gift of power that would come through the Holy Spirit. Then came Pentecost—smoke, wind, and fire filled the room, but most importantly, the Spirit was poured out on everyone gathered. Last week, we listened for Lady Wisdom, the personification of the Holy Spirit, as we learned how to discern her voice.

And today, we ask perhaps the inevitable question: What do we do when living into these promises and blessings just seems to not be working? 

What do we do when God’s promises feel distant, when God’s power seems absent, when God’s voice is drowned out by all the noise? What do we do when the world, and perhaps even our faith, seems to leave us in the lurch?

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In Proverbs chapters 1-9 there are four interesting characters vying for our attention; there’s the wise Fatherly King and a woman named Lady Wisdom, and they’re offering divine wisdom that leads to stability and life. Then there is also a Wicked Man and a wily woman called Lady Folly, and their way of life is attractive, but it leads to disorder and death.

This week we listen to Lady Wisdom from Proverbs 8—a passage that helps us consider the triune nature of God’s character by helping us understand a little more clearly the nature of the Holy Spirit’s Wisdom.

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A long time ago, God made a promise. He said, “One day, I will pour out my Spirit on all people.” That means God wouldn’t just be with a few special people anymore—he would be with everyone who wants him.

On Pentecost we remember the first sermon, the first baptisms, and the beginning of the Church, but most of all, we remember that God kept his promise. And if God kept that promise, we can trust him to keep every other one too.

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While the world chases speed and spectacle, Jesus invites us into something different—holy presence. Before the spectacle of Pentecost, the fledgling Christian Church was instructed to learn how to wait. This week, we explore how slowness, trust, presence, and witness are not signs of weakness in the modern church, but rather these are exactly what modern culture is longing for. Slow church is the antidote to corporate metrics and the exhausting grind of our fast world

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When Peter returned to Jerusalem with stories of Gentile inclusion and Spirit-led transformation, he didn’t come with arguments—he came with a testimony. In a world quick to judge and slow to listen, this story from Acts 11 reminds us that God often moves in surprising ways, and our calling is not to control the narrative, but to listen well, discern wisely, and love boldly. The Persistent Kingdom is advancing—will we have ears to hear?

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Today, we are picking up where we left off last Sunday in considering God’s great, on-going, never-forgotten project in the world, yet we recognize that things are not yet as they should be.

Creation, history, our own stories—they’re all marked by the fact that we know things are not yet right in our lives or in the world, but we often have no idea how to start putting things to right, so, more often than not, we don’t.

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Even now, creation groans — not in despair, but in hope. In Romans 8, Paul reminds us that the earth itself remembers the weight of the fall and the promise of freedom. We, too, remember. Like the Israelites in the wilderness and like Paul on the road to Damascus, we live in the tension between what has been and what is yet to come. This week, we explore the sacred ache of waiting — and the persistent hope that God’s redemption is still unfolding, for us and for the world.

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On Easter Sunday we celebrated the decisive battle between life and death being fought and won. Sin and death have been dismantled through the victory of the cross and resurrection. 

The cross and the empty tomb have marked the turning point in history. And yet—we still see the shadows. Injustice still has its soldiers. Death still shows its teeth. Evil isn’t going down without a fight. Yes, Christ has risen! But now what?

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Today, we hear the ongoing story of new creation; a new heavens, a new earth, a world where tombs are empty, and tears are wiped away, and death doesn’t get the final word.

Today, we stand with Mary in the morning damp grass. We listen for our name. And we dare to believe that resurrection is not only for Jesus—but for us. For our lives. For our world. 

Today, Christ is risen—and everything is being made new.

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