After the experience of the Pentecost, the disciples went out into the world— not swept upward to heaven, as they perhaps had hoped to be, but outward into the world. They set out on dusty roads to encounter and love the downcast, the poor, and the oppressed; to bring reconciliation and peace to the arrogant and the hard of heart; to speak hope to those disheartened and embittered by the drudgery of their circumstances; and to live as symbols and makers of peace in a strife-ridden world.