Disclaimer: I am “Christian borrowing” the idea for this blog directly from my sweet husband, so if you want to hear him talk about them too, you can watch this week’s video devotional from Fountain City Presbyterian Church on their Facebook page. We talked only about the idea and not about concrete details, and he is recording his devotional at church as I’m typing this at home; so it may be interesting to see the differences and similarities in the ways the idea plays out!
This Sunday, we’ll celebrate Pentecost – the day that many consider to be the birthday of the Church. According to the story of Pentecost recorded in Acts 2, people from many different nations were gathered. Each spoke a different language, yet each of them heard about “God’s deeds of power” in their own language. On this day, the Church received the Holy Spirit, and ‘about three thousand were added to their numbers.”
When we think about birthdays, there are certain traditions and rituals that we uphold each and every time we celebrate. One of those rituals is making a wish for the coming year as we blow out the candles on our birthday cake. We might wish for health or wealth or happiness. We might wish for some material thing that would make us happy or make our lives easier. Whether we really think these wishes will come true or not, they allow us to dream about the unknown – to think about what might be in the coming year. They allow us a kind of fresh start as we begin another trip around the sun.
So I wonder…if you were going to blow out the candles on the Church’s birthday cake this Sunday, what would you wish for? And remember, we’re not just talking about Second Presbyterian Church or the Presbyterian Church (USA). We’re talking about the larger Church – the big “C” Church. What are your wishes for the Church in the coming year and beyond?
Dream big!
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