Pastor’s sermon is based on the first lesson from Acts 2:1-21. The gift we get on Pentecost is not the superficial gift of energy and excitement, an injection of artificial adrenaline. And it's not the kind of power that the world thinks of as power. The gift we get on Pentecost is the one gift we most desperately need and the world needs. Strangely enough, the gift of Pentecost is the gift of something to say, a Word to speak in the brokenness and tragedy of the world, unlike any other word. When the church was given the gift of the Holy Spirit, it stood up and spoke! Thanks be to God.
