Dry Bones, Hear the Word of God ...

This morning at worship, Elgin Hall (the interim filling in at Minnedosa United, while I'm on leave) noted quite rightly that at Pentecost the words and the story are familiar ... there is nothing new to be said - what needs to be new is how we live and share and experience the Holy Presence of God ...

Today is Pentecost - how will we encounter the Holy in our world ... Where will we look?? How will we find it??

For some the Holy is in the world around them ... a sunrise, a sunset, a flower garden, a prairie thunderstorm, waves crashing on a beach, the hush of the wind across a grain field ... the list goes on and on ...

For some the Holy is in worship services ... an inspiring anthem, a prayer that reaches the depth of the soul, a time of quiet reflection, a community hymn ...

For some the Holy is in activity and busy-ness ... feeding the hungry, clothing the cold, praying with the lonely, comforting those in grief ...

For some the Holy is in relationship ... coffee with a friend, a hike with children, playing lego with the grandkids, snuggling a sleeping newborn to our chest during a quiet afternoon ...

The list of the Holy varies from person to person ... the experience of the Holy is different for each person ... the Holy is found wherever we have the courage, the boldness and the faith to find it ...

The reading from Ezekiel challenges us to let the winds of God blow over and through us ... the words of the Prophet say it all: "Dry Bones Hear the Word of God ..."

This Pentecost, the winds of the Spirit are blowing all around us ... the question we each must ask is simply this: Do we have the faith to feel them and to let them blow over us ???