Pentecost for Progressives - Alastair McIntosh (NS27)

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Tim Nash

Christianity, Faithshift, Deconstruction, Christianmysticism, Religion & Spirituality, Christianspirituality, Progressivechristian, Christian, Religion, Emergingchurch

4.7 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2016

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Here's our second Pentecost reflection for you. This time Alastair McIntosh reflects on how his understanding of Pentecost and the Holy Spirit has changed and evolved, from one of judgement to one of spiritual activism.

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0:00.0	Nomad Spirituality
0:15.2	Welcome back to Nomad spirituality.
0:18.9	Still plugging away at our Pentecost for Progressives.
0:24.0	Well done.
0:24.8	Who have we got this time?
0:26.2	Alastair Macintosh.
0:28.1	Oh, we like Alistair, don't we?
0:30.4	Alistair brings back some very fond memories of our longest road trip, which was to Scotland.
0:36.7	It was a great road trip.
0:38.3	It was.
0:38.7	We spent a wonderful few hours of Alastair, didn't we?
0:40.4	And then we went on to spend some time with Tom Wright.
0:42.6	Yeah.
0:42.9	And then we found a B&B where the owner assumed that we were romantically involved together.
0:47.6	Precious memories.
0:49.2	Precious memories.
0:50.1	But yes, I've got a lot of time for Alistair. He's our sort of Christian, isn't he? Alistair.
0:54.5	He's really smart, academically capable, brilliant writer, but he's a full-on activist as well.
1:00.9	Yeah, definitely.
1:01.4	That is a rare combination, isn't it?
1:03.6	If you want to know more about Alistair, read Soil and Soul.
1:06.7	That is a definite must.
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