{"id":376,"date":"2013-05-25T02:05:34","date_gmt":"2013-05-25T06:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jwilliamcupp.name\/blog\/2013\/05\/25\/pentecost\/"},"modified":"2013-05-25T02:05:34","modified_gmt":"2013-05-25T06:05:34","slug":"pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwilliamcupp.name\/blog\/pentecost\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been wanting to write somethin=
\ng about our chapel and the worship experiences here. I guess the foundi=
\nng of the Church — Pentecost Sunday — is a good time to do that. … <=\n\/p><\/span><\/a>
3D''<\/span><\/a> 3D''<\/span><=\n\/a>
From the Book of the Acts of the Apostles, we read<\/a>:<\/p>\n

When the day of Pentecost came, th=
\ney were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of =
\na violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they we=
\nre sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated an=
\nd came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Sp=
\nirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every na=
\ntion under heaven. When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in =
\nbewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. Ut=
\nterly amazed, they asked: =E2=80=9CAren=E2=80=99t all these who are spea=
\nking Galileans? Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native =
\nlanguage? Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea=
\n and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the p=
\narts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome (both Jews and converts to=
\n Judaism); Cretans and Arabs=E2=80=94we hear them declaring the wonders =
\nof God in our own tongues!=E2=80=9D Amazed and perplexed, they asked one=
\n another, =E2=80=9CWhat does this mean?=E2=80=9D
(Acts 2:1-12 NIV<\/a>)<\/p>\n

You must know that, as y=
\nou are in a worship service during which you have already heard songs su=
\nng in two languages, one of which you partly know and one you have no cl=
\nue what they are saying … well in such a case the miraculous understan=
\nding of other languages takes on new meaning.<\/p>\n

Of course, here t=
\nhe flowers grow naturally so those who decorate the altar for worship ha=
\nve a real advantage. For Pentecost there is no lack of choices among tr=
\nopical flowers for the color red.
3D''<\/span><\/a>
3D''<\/s=\npan><\/a>
\n=3D''<\/span><\/a>
3D''<\/span><\/a>
3D''<\/sp=\nan><\/a> <\/p>\n

And, particular to Pentecost, you see in the above ph=
\notographs "tongues of flame" here and there all around the alt=
\nar. These were very cleverly made by placing together four red hibiscus<\/a> b=
\nlossoms with one white frangipani<\/a> in the center. Here is a close-up v=
\niew:
3D'=\n'<\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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