Paul began his working life as Saul, a zealous Jew who traveled around ... One day Saul was traveling from Jerusalem on the road to Damascus. There, he claims he saw a bright light and heard ...

But the Saul who arrives in Damascus in today’s readings makes ... very wrong about what God wants from him. Saul—as Paul—eventually regains his confidence, his eloquence, his leadership ...

Consider a fitting Easter follow up story. Lord George Lyttleton (1709-1773) was a graduate of Oxford University, a prolific poet, and member of British Parliament. He and his equally esteemed ...

As to Saul’s own conversion, that moment when Saul becomes Paul, it is no coincidence that it happens on the road to Damascus; for it was at the Damascus Gate that Saul not only witnessed the ...