The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song, by Henry Louis Gates Jr. Penguin Press. 304 pages. $30. / PBS. Four hours. Henry Louis Gates Jr. belongs to the postwar generation that grew up ...

When I was in middle school and heard the account of the Pentecost and the tongues of fire, I remember asking why the apostles didn’t burn up. If tongues of fire fell upon them, why is it that they ...

The Rev. Jeff Rill, senior pastor at Lancaster Church of the Brethren, 1601 Sunset Ave., has preached about Pentecost for years. But he has never had a pre-Pentecost Sunday like last year. Pentecost ...

Sunday, June 5, is Pentecost Sunday. Mass readings: Acts 2:1-11; Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Romans 8:8-17; John 20:19-23 or John 14:15-16, 23b-26. What a wondrous ...

This year, Bethlehem Baptist Church has embraced the theme Tongues of Fire, drawn from Acts 2:3. In this powerful scripture, we see how the Holy Spirit moved among God’s people, filling the apostles ...

How will we know if Pentecost has come to us? The readings for today's solemnity describe the followers of Jesus as receiving the power to forgive one another and to reconcile others to God.