PENTECOST
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hitsun, or Pentecost brings with it a lot of questions. It is the
Cinderella among the church festivals. Outsiders always wonder
what it is that Christians are celebrating. Easter and Christmas can
be easily explained, but even those who have heard about the Holy Spirit find
it difficult to explain the meaning of this festival. How can one talk about one’s
faith, how do I know if my words lead to something good or bad? How can I
talk about God’s love in public, how can someone know about a living word
and not know about the two ‘split tongues’ –the one of Babylon after the Tower
was built and people went their different ways, and the one at Pentecost, when
God sent out simple people who had the same dialect and could