Two occasions of celebration bring us together at worship today. On the Church calendar today is Pentecost Sunday, a day to celebrate the presence and the power of the Holy Spirit, a day to sing ‘Happy Birthday, Church.’ On the secular calendar today is Mother’s Day. God could not be everywhere so he created mothers; or as Erma Bombeck used to say, “Mothers need 180 movable parts, 3 pairs of hands, and 3 sets of eyes.” So, Mom, today is your day to bask in the sunshine and let someone else fix lunch.

When I think of God moving over the waters of creation, I call the Creator my heavenly Father. When I think that God his Son not sparing sent him to die, I think of Christ as my brother. But when I consider God to be omnipresent, everywhere, the one who helps and nurtures his children each da…