Dear Friends, Hello from stormy Stowe, Vermont where I am at a client meeting. I have been traveling since September 13 and took a break from writing these messages. This is the tenth message in a series on the sea stories of Jesus. Matthew was the tax collector in Capernaum (Mark 2:13-14). Because fishing and
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A Word of Grace – September 10, 2012
Dear Friends, This message is the ninth message in a series on the sea stories of Jesus. It is a repeat from a few months ago, but it is a sea story and it fits our series. Jesus inspired an agitated Peter to go fishing and he caught grace and that is worth reflecting upon.
A Word of Grace – September 4, 2012
Dear Friends, This is the seventh message in a series about the “sea” stories of Jesus. An often overlooked connection to the story of Jesus quieting the storm in part six of this series, is what happened the next morning. Jesus left the boat and confronted a legion of demons that possessed a man and
A Word of Grace – August 27, 2012
Dear Friends: The Sea of Galilee is 685 feet below sea level, the lowest freshwater body of water in the world. It sits in the Jordan Rift, a fault zone with steep hills and mountains all around it. The Mediterranean Ocean is only 27 miles to the west. West winds blow off the Ocean and
A Word of Grace – August 20, 2012
Dear Friends: This is the fifth message of a series on the sea stories of Jesus. Crossing the water is a persistent challenge to human adequacy. Is there one of us who doesn’t face some gulf that we can’t span? Some flood that overwhelms us? Some distance greater than our weak faith can seem to