Ghost Tours

"All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit..." Acts 2

We were just in Gettysburg this past month, returning to the Seminary for my tenth year class reunion--and to visit our son and our daughter in law, who is a second year student. Living in or visiting Gettysburg are interesting things to do. There's a lot of history there--also a lot of hype and hoopla.

For instance, Ghost Tours. Evidently a local author has documented stories of restless souls roaming the battlefield and town--and even the seminary. He's written several books on the topic--and a Ghost Tour has even sprung up, visiting the haunted sites by lamp light.

I remember back in my time at the sem my friend and his family lived in one of the historic buildings there. Obviously influenced by the ghost industry in town, the children of the family told my friend they had seen a ghost in the basement. His reply was great. "The only ghost here is the Holy Ghost!"

I don't know why or when we got away from using the term Holy Ghost, but I'd like you to consider for a moment where in our lives together as Christians we might bring people on a Holy Ghost tour - a Spirit tour.


Maybe you'd stop in your Sunday School rooms, where the Spirit nurtures with the Word. Perhaps next you'd go to the font, where the Spirit is given in baptism. Then maybe you'd take visitors to the local food pantry, or homeless shelter--the Spirit sending us out into the word to do justice. Finally, you might take people outside to feel the breeze blowing--and tell them about the Spirit blowing where it will, leading in directions unforeseen!

A Holy Spirit tour of your church! I think it would be fun to do sometime. Not scary at all!