The Rev. Alissa Newton 

text: Acts 2:1-21, 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13

"Nobody expects Pentecost. We expect lots of things. Comfort, affirmation, stability, health, agreement. Dinner. We might even feel entitled to some of those things. But not Pentecost. Nobody expects Pentecost. I am certain the disciples did not expect it, this violent emergence of the Spirit of God into their small upper room with the closed windows and locked doors."