Link Dump, Recent Reading: Early June 2016

A few links from what I was reading in late May and early June!

Jeremy Steele on hope and the UMC
Was beautiful, actually made me cry.

April Fiet's Trinity Sunday sermon about the difficulty of trying to understand the Trinity and the point of Trinity Sunday.
This. Just all of this. Love talking about the white paraments and looking directly into the sun. Love the focus on community and light. Love ending up talking about singing.

Morning and Evening Methodist Prayer
This delights me. I've been singing the Psalms with the Seedbed metrical psalter instead of just reading them, and some of the time I've used the Prayers of the People booklet I made a while ago to do the intercession bit of the prayer service. I also love that it incorporates Wesley hymns, most of which I've never seen before. (I do wish they came with tunes/suggestions for tunes, though. Sometimes I can figure out a reasonable meter to use, and sometimes it's much harder.)

All of Them Were Filled with the Holy Spirit

"All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability."

Acts 2:4 

Acts of the Apostles 2

When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. ² Und es geschah schnell ein Brausen vom Himmel wie eines gewaltigen Windes und erfüllte das ganze Haus, da sie saßen; ³ y se les aparecieron lenguas repartidas, como de fuego, asentándose sobre cada uno de ellos. ⁴ Et ils furent tous remplis du Saint Esprit, et se mirent à parler en d'autres langues, selon que l'Esprit leur donnait de s'exprimer.

⁵ Lakoznak vala pedig Jeruzsálemben zsidók, istenfélõ férfiak, minden nép közül, melyek az ég alatt vannak. ⁶ Na i te wa i rangona ai taua haruru, ka whakarapopoto te mano, ka pororaru, no te mea ka rangona e tera, e tera, tona reo e korerotia ana e ratou. ⁷ E todos pasmavam e se admiravam, dizendo uns aos outros: Pois quê! não são galileus todos esses que estão falando? ⁸ Mailla llajtapi huacharishca, ñucanchij quiquin llajta rimaipimari rimacuncuna. ¿Ima shinataj caicunaca, chashna rimai tucunchu, imamí? ⁹ Среди нас есть парфяне, мидяне, еламиты, жители Месопотамии, Иудеи и Каппадокии, Понта и провинции Азия, ¹⁰ ฟรีเจียและปัมฟีเลีย อียิปต์และส่วนต่างๆ ของลิเบียแถวไซรีน ผู้มาเยือนจากกรุงโรม ¹¹ May mga taga-Creta at taga-Arabya. Sa sarili nating mga wika ay naririnig natin silang nagsasalita ng mga dakilang bagay ng Diyos. ¹² Mọi người đều sửng sốt và hoang mang nói với nhau, “Việc nầy có nghĩa gì?” ¹³ Nhưng mấy người khác chế nhạo và nói, “Họ say rượu mới đó mà.” ¹³ 可是另有些人嘲笑說：「他們被新酒灌醉了！」