A key misconception of improvisation in jazz is that the music composed is completely made up on the spot. In truth, improvisation happens by creating something new over existing music. A skilled ...

When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were ...

Next to Easter and Christmas, Pentecost is the Church’s most important feast. That’s true not just for the liturgical calendar, but for our spiritual lives. Christmas marks Christ’s coming in the ...

On Sunday, Christians in Cumbria and beyond will gather to mark Pentecost, and we’re looking back on the holy date and how we celebrated it in years gone by. Reverend John Holden, previous rector of ...

As the celebration of the extended Pentecost Vigil Mass rises in popularity, one theologian hopes restoring the Pentecost octave will be next. Abbot James Albers of St. Benedict’s Abbey in Atchison, ...