In honor of the celebration of Pentecost, we invited a dozen of our favorite theobloggers to consider the question: “How is the Spirit Moving in the World Today?” And to make it more challenging, we asked them to answer in 100 Words or Less. Up first: Monica Coleman.
when we put the gospel
to hip hop
and host u2charists,
when we share the church building
with the Korean congregation,
when we preach against homophobia
when we break bread
with jews and muslims,
when the teenagers lead worship
on a regular Sunday (not just youth day)
when we invoke the ancestors
and learn from their lives,
when we live at the borders
offering water to those in the desert
harbor to those in danger
and community when we don’t fit in. . .
it is then that we speak in tongues
Monica Coleman is Associate Professor of Constructive Theology and African American Religions at Claremont School of Theology and blogs at Beautiful Mind Blog.
Read more blogger responses to How is the Holy Spirit Moving Today? … in 100 Words or Less here.
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