Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen.     Today is a day when it I have to say it’s too bad we can’t all read and understand Greek, the original language of the Gospel of John, because our English translation just doesn’t cut…

Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen.     Happy Pentecost! Theologian and scientist Teilhard de Chardin wrote that the harnessing of fire is what made human civilization possible. He went on to say that someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides…