Weekly Inspiration (5/25/23)

Quote of the Week

“These days of waiting between Christ’s Ascension and Pentecost are about God’s waiting on us: God is waiting, not for our ability but for our availability to receive the power Jesus intends for us.” 

-Br. Curtis Almquist
Society of Saint John the Evangelist

Poem of the Week

God’s Act in Acts
by: Luci Shaw

A blast of wind grates its weight
across our church’s slate roof, tugs
at the stained glass windows. And just at
this moment a wild morning sun blazes
through the nave like a signal, blessing
the altar, lighting the preacher’s face.
 
And I remember the ancient story–
about a sacred wind that carried Your
hot breath. A wildfire, it licked
the heads of the locals, formed words,
spread in a conflagration of gospel speech,
grew until whole languages roared
beyond all borders.
 
Strike our dull matches. Light us today
even if our dark wicks only flicker in a corner.
Translate our lives into Your words.