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Sunday we celebrated Pentecost, the birth of the church through the receiving of the Holy Spirit.  As Presbyterians talking about the Holy Spirit and the gifts of the Spirit can sometimes make us nervous.  But our guest Pastor assured us that the Holy Spirit is God's power working in our lives.  It enables us to do the work God has called us to.  And what about all those other manifestations of the Spirit, tongues, interpretation, prophecy and healing, they really make us nervous.  We do not understand what these gifts are and our lack of understanding leads to uneasiness and sometimes fear.  So in an effort to help my fellow brothers and sisters in the Lord be less fearful and more at ease with these manifestations of the Holy Spirit, I would like to propose two things.  Beginning today in this blog, I will share my story about the role the Holy Spirit has played in my life and I will attempt to offer an on-line Bible Study exploring all the scripture references to the Holy Spirit, Old and New Testament.  We will take them one at a time, read, comment, hopefully converse and by the end we will all have a better understanding of what these manifestations are and when, how and why they should be used in the church today.

Join me in the conversation, post your comments and questions and together we will get to know the third person of the trinity.