Sunday, October 11th: Dr. Deirdre Good

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Dr. Deirdre GoodThis Sunday we will hear a sermon by Dr. Deirdre Good. She will also speak at a forum on “Hospitality and Jesus in Luke’s Gospel: Then and Now” in the Parish Hall after the 11 a.m. service and a second Sunday forum on December 13, 2015.

Deirdre Good is presently Theologian in Residence at Trinity Wall Street. She was professor of New Testament at General Seminary for 28 years. She grew up in Kenya and has written books on Matthew’s portrait of Jesus (Jesus the Meek King 1999), on Mary traditions in Judaism, Christianity and Islam (Mariam, the Magdalen and the Mother 2005), on households and families at the time of Jesus (Jesus’ Family Values, 2006) and with Bruce Chilton (Reading the New Testament: A Fortress Introduction 2010).

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In this week’s newsletter, the rector notes Pentecost’s reversal of Babel—not by restoring a single language, but by enabling understanding across difference as each speaks and hears in their own tongue. She treasures hearing parishioners read “God’s deeds of power” in many languages during worship, and invites us to consider what it means to speak of God in our own heart language—whether shaped by mother tongue, place, trust, or profound shared experience. In a time of contempt for difference, Pentecost reveals the blessing of many tongues and the Holy Spirit’s gift of mutual understanding across culture, faith, and ethnic background.

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