They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to talk in other languages, as the Spirit enabled them to speak. (Acts 2:4 TEV)

Some of you who are over thirty may have had the pleasure, as I did, to grow up on a farm. Rural living and country life was a happy time for me. But summertime on the farm was always the big season of work. Here in the city we tend to relax a little more during summer. We try to take a vacation trip. We go out of town on weekends every chance we get. Young people spend a lot of time at the neighborhood swimming pool. But summer on the farm is the season of work.

In similar fashion, that's the way it is for you and me as Christians who follow the liturgical church year. These summer months are going to comprise our season of work! For you see, today, Penteco…