3rd Day of Easter, Tuesday April 14, Acts 2:1-13

This is the story of the day of Pentecost, a Greek term for the festival 50 days after Passover. Our Pentecost, 50 days after Easter, on May 31, will end this study, so see if you can set a goal for yourself for this season of reading Acts. Meanwhile, we can stay in the city, until we feel the spirit move.

What happened on that day? Something changed for a huddled demoralized crowd, fearful of the ‘other’. They turned outward, and started speaking in others’ languages, and making sense. It’s not a reversal of Babel, coming back to one language with few words, but moving ahead to greater communication.

What’s your reaction to religious enthusiasm, and popularizing the faith? Are we just ‘fanatics’ who are ‘dumbing down’ religion? Does anybody make sense of the faith without making nonsense of it? What’s the gospel, according to you, and how do you share it in ‘show-and-tell’ time in front of strangers?