An impressively showery day today here, thunder, small hail, the lot. Nice to have proper showers, with space in between so you can see what is going on.
In the Lectionary for Sunday, we read Paul arguing for the Resurrection (1 Corinthians 15). What he writes includes this;- “Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am…” Sure, it was the grace of God – but this also speaks volumes for the early Christian community, and their acceptance of this man who had persecuted them. It was a hard-won openness.