You see, his old Volvo is a great car, but it wasn t built to be as smart as it needs to be to get him to and from work while using the least amount of energy and with as little polution as possible. So we have ordered a smart car, one that will have both a gas and electric engine and is smart enough to switch between the two, as the need arises. From the first moment, we knew it was the car for Rick. Lots of things are smart these days. Everything, it seems, is becoming smarter with, perhaps, the exception of parents of teens.
Surveys consistently show that, according to teens, parents are still clueless, dumber that dirt.
And that, believe it or not, brings us to Pentecost. The followers of Jesus were huddled in Jerusalem following his Ascension. They were waiting, but were not sure what they were waiting for. He further told them that, as a result of this outpouring of the Holy Spirit, they were to give witness of the risen Christ wherever they happened to go. My guess is that if anything was going to convince you that God was real, Pentecost was going to be that something.