The nature of God is a mystery, too high for us to attain. But we need words and images and approximations and so we continue to grasp at descriptions of God, pointing towards something we know to be true even if we can’t explain it or understand it.

But, on the Feast of Pentecost, we remember that the Spirit is not simply, now and always, present and active in the world but was sent specifically to Jesus’ disciples and is sent to us today. And our readings this morning point the way to understanding why.

Imagine if we modeled ourselves on the Ethiopian eunuch – learners rather than teachers; explorers rather than experts; making room to listen to others rather than inviting them in to listen to us. What transformation might the Spirit have in store for us; what invitation into the way of God; what fruits, to borrow Jesus’ metaphor for a moment, might we produce?

The disciples are in the resurrection path of totality and they have the special glasses. They are looking directly at the Son (pun entirely intended) and having an astonishingly dramatic experience. They will go and bear witness to this experience, just as Jesus tells them to do

Easter answers one question – God’s love is absolutely stronger even than death – and then immediately asks another: so now what?