Holy disorientation 05.29.2020

And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind…

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages...

                                                                                                                                   Acts 2:2,4

Holy disorientation                                                                                   Erling Shultz, May 2020

Pentecost Power is not always subtle and polite,

Pentecost Power is Planned pandemonium

the Wind blows pass official channels;

     God speaks instead

          outside the temple walls,

          outside political power halls,

          outside conservative/liberals’ stalls;

     God speaks in the streets;

the Wind rushes through you and I

Pentecost Power cares not for order and structure,

Pentecost Power is Controlled chaos

the Breath grants life where it will;

     Divinity protests

          those who seek God to restrict,

          those who marginalize voices constrict,

          those who claim judgment predict;

     Divinity protects on the edge;

the Breath inspires them and all

Pentecost Power seems not providential,

Pentecost Power is Holy disorientation

     (in hope of a collective reorientation)