The people in this image are responding to a call from the Spirit to an important biblical figure. Without using a reverse image search, can you guess who that figure was and what task that person was given?

On this Pentecost this Sunday, we devoted our sermon time to a conversation about the Holy Spirit and the holiday, and our best advice to the graduates we celebrated on this day, as well.

Our image of Jesus calling his disciples is frequently linked to Jesus calling Peter, James, and John to put aside their fishing nets and follow him. But John’s Gospel gives us a different setting and model for the calling of some of the others, including Peter and his brother.

As we begin to look at how to discern God’s specific call to us, the first thing we need to do is listen. The young boy, Samuel, shows us just how confusing that can be!

As we move from exploring what God has called us to be to discerning what God is calling us to do, there is no more instructive tale in the Bible than the story of Jonah. It’s a whale of a story!