Learning each other’s languages

Sermon for the Day of Pentecost

The Rev. Christy Laborda Harris

On Pentecost, “We learn one another’s languages.
We embrace diversity, and learn to listen to each other,
to see from another’s perspective,
to give voice to a life other than our own,
to make central a language that’s not our own,
to communicate grace that’s not on our own terms.
We acknowledge the differences in our lives,
honor one another’s various home places and cultures,
cross over the boundaries of comfort and familiarity.” Steve Garnaas- Holmes