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Favorite metaphors for the manifestation of Spirit include fire, white doves, and wind. What they have in common is movement… energy transmission made visible. How does Spirit move in your life? What words do you use to describe it?
Presider: God be with you
People: And also with you
Presider: Open your hearts
People: We open our hearts to God
Long years ago the promised Holy Spirit
With wind and flame, in resurrection might
Inspired true love, compassion rich within it,
And now as then rekindles vision’s light.
The kingdom of God is like the leader of a mainline religious institution who needed to hire new clergy to minister to his congregations.
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