Acts 1: 9-26 I have this wonderful image that comes to me whenever I think about the Ascension. I imagine all the disciples standing there looking at the sky as Jesus goes to be with the Father. No one has noticed that they are joined by two extra people. I wonder how long they all stood there before the angels spoke to them. They would have been taken by surprise I’m sure. And then they go back to the upper room and start the process of being a Church. They start the process of becoming something completely new, in the world but not of it. They will become the greatest force for change in the world leaving a legacy that will still be standing the test of time nearly 2000 years after they have all been promoted to glory. Fast forward to 2014 and we stand on the eve of another Pentecost and I think we are still, like the early disciples, looking at the sky wondering what’s going to happen next. I often wonder where we went from being a world-changing group of people to pe...