This week's sermon is a must-hear message in which Pastor Shawn Maze studied the account of the death of Absalom in order to highlight our all-too-common tendency to live self-serving lives. In the process he identified the dire consequences of such an approach to life, encouraging us to ask ourselves the question, "What will all my self-serving cost me?" Ultimately, he pointed us to the good news that in Jesus Christ God has provided us not only the awareness of our selfishness and and the gift of repentance, but also complete forgiveness for it and the grace and peace to live a life that is right in God's sight. That life will not only mean peace for us but also will bring peace to others and to our community, even as was seen through the gracious response of the families of the Emmanuel AME Church shooting victims.
