Pentecostalism

Pentecost is the queerest day of the Christian year. It is strange. It is unexpected. It is unwieldy. It is overwhelming. And we have sought to encapsulate and confine and control it within time, within a calendar to bring it back when we want it to occur. When we can expect it. When we can

Yesterday, the New York Times published a story on Evangelicals' shift from the waning stadium/corporate retreat megachurch model to experimentation with communities that are more localized and based on the arts. It's a response to the growing population of "Nones", those people who identify themselves with no religious affiliation. These are individuals, usually younger, who