Pentecostal spirituality calls Christians to the public sphere—to pour our lives out for others. The Holy Spirit is not a life hack. We are not empowered by God to avoid responsibility. But too often, ...

Sunday, May 9, is the Sixth Sunday of Easter. Mass Readings: Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48; Psalm 98:1-4; 1 John 4:7-10; John 15:9-17. Welcome to the Sixth Sunday of Easter. We are getting very close to ...

Sunday, May 28, marks Pentecost, the conclusion of the Easter season and the commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles. In the Christian tradition, the rejoicing over Christ's ...

What Zilpha Elaw, Julia Foote, and Sojourner Truth taught me about God’s “withness.” A Methodist woman in Albany, New York, didn’t want to go hear Zilpha Elaw preach. For one thing, Elaw was a woman, ...

Sunday, June 8, is Pentecost Sunday. Mass readings: Acts 2:1-11; Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 ; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Romans 8:8-17; John 20:19-23 or John 14:15-16, 23b-26. Pentecost ...

In 1957 a Dutch theologian named George Johan Sirks published an article in the Harvard Theological Review provocatively titled: "The Cinderella of Theology: The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit." Sirks ...

For a majority of Christians, the Holy Spirit is a third of the Trinity, and memorizing verses about the spirit of God are encouraged to do. "The Triune God", also known as the Father, Son, and the ...

Last year, on her "Harlequin" album, Lady Gaga belted out a song that was nearly a century old: "Forget your troubles, c'mon, get happy. You better chase all your cares away. Sing 'hallelujah,' c'mon ...

On the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, Pope Francis said unity is essential to Christian life because God is a communion of love. “This mystery of the Trinity was revealed to us by Jesus himself,” ...