May 20, 2026

It has been said that spirit is the bouquet of life. Christian tradition, though, views spirit as that which infuses life and is God-breathed. I’d like to think that maybe spirit and the movement of spirit is a both-and. We receive spirit from God, and we generate spirit through the creative acts of our own lives. Surely, if we are truly imago dei, created in the image of God, we can be a part of creating and shaping the spirit of things? Hopefully for the better…

This Sunday is Pentecost Sunday. And when Pentecost rolls around on the church calendar, I can’t help but recite David Craig’s short little poem titled “Pentecost.” It is as follows:

What is this Holy Spirit?
And what is it doing in the eggplant?

Yes, what is the Holy Spirit? And what is it doing in the eggplant? Two very good questions.

Rev. Eric