Rev. Sarah Ewing-Merrill, HopeGateWay’s Lead Pastor, on Pentecost Sunday, reframes the miracle of many tongues not as the "arrival" of the Holy Spirit but as a radical, subversive act in which God's spirit honored every language and culture equally — refusing to privilege the language of empire over the voices of the marginalized. Drawing on theologians and poets, she calls the community to recognize that the Pentecost message of unity-in-diversity speaks directly to our current moment, inviting people across differences to keep their collective "little flame" alive.