Sunday, December 28, 2008

voices in the crowd

God’s message, the singular good news
told simultaneously, a cacophony,
a symphony of voices, as if
birds singing on a spring morn’
all raising praises,
sharing God’s grace
His power over Babel,
bringing Christ, His grace
His life, his sacrifice
to each, in their own tongue

December 28, 2008 (sermon printed 5/14/08)
Acts 2:1-21 [and Genesis 11:1-9]
and sermon, “Birds of Pentecost,
by the Reverend Canon Steven C. Bonsey,
The Cathedral Church of St. Paul,
Tremont Street,
Boston, MA
on radio 5/11/08 7:30AM, WBUR
www.stpaulboston.org/images/sermons/08-05-11%20Birds%20of%20Pentecost.doc

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