5/15/2016
Chris Breslin
John 14:15-31
“The Spirit is the shy member of the Trinity. He always points to Jesus.” –Dale Bruner
“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.” –Flannery O’Connor
“Attending to people’s sexual and relational lives is a critical part of [the] journey of discipleship because we are connectional beings.” –Jonny Grant (from Divine Sex)
Horseback on Sunday morning,
harvest over, we taste persimmon
and wild grape, sharp sweet
of summer’s end. In time’s maze
over fall fields, we name names
that went west from here, names
that rest on graves. We open
a persimmon seed to find the tree
that stands in promise,
pale, in the seed’s marrow.
Geese appear high over us,
pass, and the sky closes. Abandon,
as in love or sleep, holds
them to their way, clear
in the ancient faith: what we need
is here. And we pray, not
for new earth or heaven, but to be
quiet in heart, and in eye,
clear. What we need is here.
-Wendell Berry, The Wild Geese
The Spirit vs. The Kick Drum by Derek Webb (from Stockholm Syndrome album)
George & Elaine without Jerry clip (from Seinfeld)
John Resources
Gospel of Glory by Richard Baukham
The Gospel According to John, vol 2 (Anchor Bible Commentary) by Fr. Raymond Brown
The Gospel of John: a Commentary by F.D. Bruner
John: a Commentary by Mariane Meye Thompson
Further Pentecost/Holy Spirit Reading
On the Holy Spirit by Basil the Great
Resounding Truth by Jeremy Begbie
The Book of Acts (NICNT Commentary) by F.F. Bruce
The Holy Spirit: The Shy Member of the Trinity by F.D. Bruner
The Forgotten God by Francis Chan
Paul, the Spirit, & the People of God by Gordon Fee
Presence, Power, & Promise: the Role of the Spirit of God in the Old Testament ed. Firth & Wegner
Living the Christian Year by Bobby Gross
Creator Spirit: the Holy Spirit and the Art of Becoming Human by Steven Guthrie
Imitating God in Christ by Jason Hood
The Descent of the Dove by Charles Williams
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