"Unless one is born again, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God." John 3:3, RSV

Saul the persecutor of Christians became Paul the great witness for Christianity through his Damascus Road experience. Consider this poem as you consider Paul’s life and your own.

Only one life 
'Twill soon be past 
Only what’s done for Christ 

Will last. Recently as I looked over the list of deaths in our parish for the year, I remembered this little poem as the favorite saying of one of our members who died recently Vicki Tannous. One might also venture to say it was the creed of Saint Paul, the apostle, whose conversion we Christians celebrate. "Only what is done for Christ will last."

Saul, the persecutor of Christians, was converted and became Saint Paul, the promulgator of Christianity. "What do you mea…