Episode 16 Pentecost
from Belmont United Methodist Church Hosted by Belmont United Methodist Church
I’ve always loved watching a campfire, how the flames dance up into the night sky. In the Biblical age, fire provided any light at night, made possible every cooked meal, kept people warm, and forged pottery or metal. As a child hearing the Pentecost story, I got lost in the wonder of the tongues of fire: “Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them.” We Methodists celebrate these tongues of spiritual fire in our Cross and Flame symbol. Flames are a metaphor or sign of God’s presence that perhaps began as Abraham built that first altar?
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