WE Are the Backup Plan

That’s what I preached on Easter Sunday. God interrupted human history by sending Jesus to make us a new creation … and now the ball is back in our court.

Well, dang it.

This Sunday, we celebrate the fiery coming of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost. What does this story tell us about how we join in God’s work of healing and re-creating the world? How can we find the strength and hope to carry this on, when … when, frankly, we are sometimes tempted to think that it’s time for the human story to just end?

I mean, really, God — why can’t you just fix it all?