When our saviour was humanity incarnate, there must have been moments when he was unable to move, or shout, or sneeze for fear of waking a cat that had taken up residence in his lap. These things happen.
What Does the Spirit Sound Like?
“We believe the Holy Spirit teaches us, counsels us when we stray, comforts us when we are in sorrow, and revealing the Holy One to us when we are overcome with faith or beauty.”
his passage serves as a reminder that our tendency is to think of God through the lenses crafted in our humanity or in our family. If we are used to experiencing erratic and capricious behavior, we are prone to think of God in the same terms.
At the first of their meetings to focus on the Holy Spirit, two years ago in Wales, the Commission recommended the omission of the Filioque clause from the Nicene Creed, allowing that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father without adding the words, “and the Son.”
All the people I meet, every day, are temples. It is our true nature to be receptacles of the living breath of God. The Holy Spirit roosts in each one of us, speaks the language of each one of us, shares the sorrows, terrors and joys of each one of us
We have not yet broken the pattern of the tomb! How will we ever get free?
The Holy Spirit is a part of the Trinity – One God in three expressions. We know that. It’s basic theology to our church. But I am not sure we have taken the time to appreciate it because I think that The Holy Spirit sort of freaks us out. Well, at least she freaks me out. I think we humans like control. We westerners love control. We Episcopalians adore control. As for Catholics well, you get my drift. And The Holy Spirit – she giggles at control and up-turns it almost out of sheer mischievousness, enjoying flustering pale, white me in black.
Despite Duncan’s caution, the special convention came very close to creating a crisis in ACNA. A significant portion of clergy and lay voted for a candidate whose behavior violated the “teaching about the life-long permanence of Holy Matrimony” as delivered by the ACNA College of Bishops.
Matthew 10:16-32
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