A Spirit surprises everyone on Pentecost. That Spirit is the Holy Spirit - the breath of God which renders a space holy, sacred, set apart to God's purposes. That Holy Spirit always comes as a surprise; occasionally unwelcome. It comes as fire or wind, as warmth or light, as breath or breeze. It comes through the open windows and rushes out again, enticing those within to be about the Creator's work of bringing life to others. It comes and goes as it wants, where it wants and anoints who it wants. Therein lies the rub. Our well-prejudiced conception of who ought to be instruments of God's creative, reconciling, forgiving, moving spirit ....is rarely the Spirit's ideal.
Look up the text in Acts 2. The Spirit anoints the Galileans, everybody's definition of a 'hick' to speak God's Word into the midst of educated (possibly) cosmopolitan (probably) Jews. Galileans! Just like God made his son a Galilean, so again God moves these 'redneck' equivalents to be God's messengers.
Oh, and to call the Church into being. To tell the story of the risen Jesus. To baptize.
When Jesus tells us that everyone is welcome to the table, he means everyone. In fact, God will use a truly motley crew of people to even set the table so we can all feast together. I know this because the Spirit called me.
Like I said, the Spirit is always surprising us.
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