Emphasis Preaching Journal

Beverly knew the word "Pentecost" was derived from the word for "fifty" because it came fifty days after Easter. But when she was little, before she had begun to pay much attention to words, she had only ever really heard the last syllable of "Pentecost," and wondered why the church would celebrate "cost" Sunday. The beginning of summer seemed like a silly time of year to do it, too. She'd been around enough years to know that the big money campaign was in the fall, after school started.