Speaking So They Hear
from Between Bread and Stone Hosted by Stephen R. Brewer, PsyD
For Whitsunday, this episode returns to Acts 2 and asks a simple question: what if the miracle of Pentecost was about comprehension? The Spirit did not arrive to make faith mysterious for insiders. She arrived so Parthians, Medes, Egyptians, Romans, Cretans, Arabs, and strangers from every nation could hear the deeds of God in the language of home. This reflection also marks one year since I left a letter for my priest in the offering plate and walked outside the gates of my parish. Across that year, the Spirit translated grief into witness, protest into pantry ministry, and isolation into spiritual communion. Pentecost still happens wherever the Gospel becomes intelligible to people who had stopped expecting anyone to speak their language. You are welcome here. Protected Speech | Views My Own Between Bread and Stone © 2026 Stephen Brewer. All rights reserved. Podcast audio and full text may be quoted for noncommercial purposes with attribution. Gospel text from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Get full access to Drawing the Line at percival84.substack.com/subscribe
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