John Herschel “Tommy” Thames, Jr. Memorial Service

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We pick up this Pentecost story not in Acts, with tongues of fire, but centuries earlier, at an inflection point during the Exodus.

In celebrating the final Sunday of Eastertide as Ascension Sunday, our attention is drawn to Christ’s leaving—as Luke tells us he was lifted into heaven on the mountaintop before the disciples and other followers in what must have been quite the scene.