When those who trust love no longer wait for someone else to fix the problem of the church,
when faith is too important to hand it over to leaders to sort out,
when justice leaves behind those who think she is but a subset of the church's work rather than the whole thing,
when followers give up on those who procrastinate about inclusion,
when diversity is celebrated at table by people who no longer need to hide who they fully are,
when bread is broken by non-ordained women, children and men who know heaven won't implode when they do so,
when the doctrine makers use marker pens to write 'sorry' over half their words,
when creeds are written in questions rather than in statements,
when dandelions become the plant of choice breaking out just where the ground has been cleansed against it,
then it is Pentecost.
And I'm sure such a rich diversity of people as we have on this blog, could add a whole host of other alternative Pentecost images. On you go...
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