Dear friends, I am looking for feedback on this draft of my sermon for Sunday, May 6, 2018. Comments on here, on my facebook (Emily Morisette), or as an email are welcome. Thank you in advance, and blessings to you. Preface: May the words I speak be only truth, and may that truth; let them express the love of God for everyone. I hate admitting that I hadn’t been to church in almost a month until last Sunday… but “coming back” felt like God was speaking directly to me to welcome me back, especially in the readings of scripture. And then this Sunday’s readings brought last week’s readings into even more vivid light than they had been. This week I was struck by today’s first reading, when Peter says that it makes no sense to deny Baptism – inclusion into this union – to anyone who has received the spirit. It makes no sense to deny anyone: welcome. We welcome you here in love because we can’t imagine it any other way. Last week we read from the first book of John.