PA STOR’S NOT E
The Great Thanksgiving By your Spirit make us one with Christ, one with each other, and one in ministry to all the world, until Christ comes in final victory, and we feast at his heavenly banquet. Through your son Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit in your holy church, all honor is yours, almighty God, now and forever, Amen. (excerpted)
Rev. Jenny Smith Walz
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ind, breath, fire, cloud of presence, a still small voice, prophetic voice and fervor, the one who brings dry bones back to life, the one who gifts people with skill or talent, the one who gives people a place in the community, something like a dove, giver and interpreter of dreams, comforter, advocate, guide, empowerer, truthbearer, the one who gives courage and strength. . . what other images of the Holy Spirit do you recall from scripture? Rev. Jenny Smith Walz Which one(s) resonate most with you? Which one(s) describe your own experience(s) of the Holy Spirit? The Third Person of the Trinity sometimes gets less attention in our conversations and thoughts about God. And yet, look at the variety of ways the Holy Spirit moves in our lives. And certainly we don’t have an exhaustive list! Maybe it’s because of the breadth of experience that we have with the Holy Spirit that we aren’t sure how to describe or even recognize when the Holy Spirit is at work. Maybe it’s because the experiences we have of the Holy Spirit can be deeply personal or even strange or unusual, and to share such experiences with others leaves us feeling vulnerable. I wonder if our experiences and wonderings about the Holy Spirit might invite us to something far beyond ourselves, far beyond the ordinary, far beyond our expectations. Continued on page 11.