God’s Spirit is alive and well in the world! God’s Spirit is calling to us, lifting us up, sustaining us, even through tough times. Although there are many good reasons to be hopeful about all that is yet to be for our community, our nation, and our world, there is no denying that these have been tough times, economically, practically, personally, and perhaps even spiritually for many people. These are times when we might want to cry out to God as the prophet Isaiah did so many years ago, imploring God to tear open the heavens and come down. It is in these times, however, that it is most important that we remember that our God has torn open those heavens, that our God resides with us and within us, that God can uplift and sustain us, that God’s Spirit can fall afresh upon us and empower us. God comforts God’s people in times of trouble; God’s powerful Spirit transforms us; God calls us to go out and transform our world.
During the coming church year, we will explore the power and the wonder of God’s Spirit together; we will think together about the comfort God can bring in the midst of darkness, we will listen for God’s leading call to transformation in our own lives and in the life of our church. We will be opened to God’s creative and creating Spirit so that together we might discern God’s continued path for us and so that we might go out and be agents of change and love in the world. Changed by the Spirit so that, together, we might change the world.
Catch the Spirit’s Flight!
