This coming Sunday is Pentecost. One of the great phrases in that Acts 2 story occurs after the Spirit has swept through the upper room in Jerusalem where the Jesus followers had gathered, the sound of wind and flame mixing with the voices of festival pilgrims from all over the Roman world, each spontaneously declaring the praises of God in their own native language. Onlookers are amazed and perplexed, looking at one another and asking, “What does this mean?”
It’s a question many of us across Mennonite Church USA are asking after having gathered last weekend from around the US for...