Holy Spirit – Linda Vogt Turner

Epiphany XIX: Pentecost Joy

A bride and groom kiss beneath descending flames, surrounded by a gathered crowd, with a joyful presider looking on.

At Sinai, the people were prepared to meet with God—so they would hear Him speak with Moses and trust him as the Teacher of Israel.

At Pentecost, those who trusted the Forerunner’s testimony—“the bride belongs to the bridegroom”—celebrate good news of great joy as Peter speaks.

Epiphany V: Disturbance on Solomon’s Porch

On a stone porch, a Black man in saffron robes sits beside an older white man with a beard, who holds a leafless branch.

At Solomon’s Porch, an unexpected bloom appears on a leafless branch — the restoration of one long crippled. How can this be? And how can such a fragile miracle be protected without being silenced?