“He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.”

From the beginning of time, humankind has been fascinated with fire. We found that fire can produce both heat and light, both of which can aid us in our daily lives in a variety of ways. From the time we discovered fire to today’s use of heat and fire, we’ve learned to use heat and light for lasers that heal and for bombs that kill, for fire that cooks our food and heats our home to fire that burns down our homes and ravages our forests. We both adore and fear fire.

We adore what it can do for us under our control. We fear the ways it can escape our control or be used for negativity that lies outside of our control.

Control is a big thing for us. But we have learned in science that the benefits of fire far outweigh the risks –at least we li…