RoboPreacher

in heaven alive TheHoly Gospel according to St. John the 14th chapter! Today is Pentecost! That day when we celebrate the fire of the Holy Spirit descending upon the disciples and changing the history of the world. Given our history we ought to be careful when we preach about fire in this congregation... Reservations aside, though, today is Pentecost! The first reading we had, the story of the Holy Spirit descending upon those first apostles, makes perfect sense to have as a reading for Pentecost. What is up with the Gospel, though? There's hardly any exciting action. No Holy Spirit. No dove. No speaking in other languages. Just Philip... And Philip isn't even being all that emboldened by the Spirit, either... I mean, can you believe him?!?! Philip had been with Jesus. He got to share meals with Jesus, have his feet washed by Jesus. He was there for the healings, for the miracles! Philip has been there for all of that, and more. Now, at this

love is life, his love is better   The Holy Gospel according to St. John the 17th Chapter! Today is Mother's Day. Mother's Day, that single day of the year where we stop to thank all those mother's in our life who give us so much, every day of the year... Well, at least we think to honor them once a year, I guess :-) So it is that on this Mother's Day, we ask Ruby McGraw to come speak, to tell us what is going on at the shelter. Inviting Ms. McGraw to come speak happened because you all at Trinity decided long ago that every May we will increase our support to the Domestic Violence Shelter. I will admit, when I first heard about this I thought, "hmmm... What an interesting way to observe Mother's Day." And perhaps you're having a similar reaction; why have someone from the shelter here this day, Mother's Day, you may wonder. After all, none of our mothers or members are at the shelter. Why not have someone from the shelte