SERMON SNAPSHOT: Sunday, May 1, 2022

Dear Friends in Christ –

“Persecutor or committed son of the covenant?” Professor Amy Oden asks. Well, depends on your perspective. If you’re “a follower of the way”, as Christians were known before they were Christians, Saul was a rabid menace determined to seek out and destroy the Jesus devoted and devout. If you were a pillar of the temple, however, Saul was a righteous hero pursuing infidels wherever “the way” had taken them.

Well, what is the truth?

Enter Jesus, asking a searing question, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”

Hopefully none of us prompt such a question.

This Sunday, we engage again a familiar story of the Damascus road trip and uncover more than perhaps many of us had imagined. We baptize Rowe Legare Smythe. We share communion. We worship Jesus who loves us.

I invite you to come together, invite your friends and perhaps someone also who is not. Position yourself for the gift of healing, comfort and joy. Yes, it’s a gift :)

See you in worship.

Please worship from home if you are exhibiting any COVID-like symptoms, are aware of an exposure, or have been asked by a school or other institution to quarantine or isolate.

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