Last week the church celebrated the Ascension. When Jesus left us. Today is Pentecost. When God’s active presence in the Spirit is given to the church for the sake of the world. Even though we have the Spirit, we still await Jesus’ return. And some weeks, when you look around at the world, we can’t help but cry out with the Psalmist, “How long, O Lord?” Sometimes that is not just a question, but it swerves into the declaratory: “It’s been too long! O, Lord!” …