I am thrown off kilter right now if I stop to consider how radically our world has changed in so brief a time. Turbulence rolls across America in Biblical proportions. Where can we look for light?
The "minor prophet" Joel prophesied Pentecost in vivid language to a sinful people in desperate need of hope for salvation. People just like us, before Jesus.
Loving our neighbors as ourselves is one of those Christian notions that is so familiar it tends to lose its punch...and this idea honestly packs a wallop!