So we know that waiting is holy, and that signs of the Spirit can be found all kinds of places. But in our global, digital age, it feels like signs are everywhere and nowhere at the same time. We don’t expect something dramatic like speaking in tongues, and yet we are inundated with dramatic news all day every day. The disciples recognized the sign they’d been waiting for to start their new ministry in the world. For those of us still waiting for a sign of the way the Holy Spirit is at work in our lives, how can we recognize it when it comes?

Every once in a while, Scripture slows down enough for us to glimpse the ordinary pace of spiritual life.