UPUMC Life May 2014 | Page 6

Looking forward By MICHAEL McKEE, Bishop of the NTC “And you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8 As those early followers of Jesus responded to Jesus’ challenge, they probably had no idea of the impact they would have on human history. It was beyond their experience and knowledge to even know how large the world was. But Peter and James and John and others experienced transformation because of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, and began to tell and live that story of Jesus with everyone they met. It, too, is difficult to judge or know the impact of our telling and living the story of J