Pentecost: miracle of ear and tongue: a single, haunting insight turned the story of Pentecost upside-down for me, opening up new possibilities for how Christians can witness in a multicultural world.

From: The Other Side | Date: May 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

I'VE HEARD THE STORY OF PENTEcost since childhood--first in my Roman Catholic primary school in Hong Kong, then in an Episcopal church in New York's Chinatown, and later in college campus ministry. The gripping biblical account of the disciples gathered in the upper room, the rushing wind and the tongues of flame, the power of the Holy Spirit seizing and filling them is not easily shaken.

It is, of course, a miraculous story. Filled with the Holy Spirit, the disciples "began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance." Devout Jews from every part of the world ...

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