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There must be something I should be doing.
When Jesus and the disciples are caught out in a storm, it is telling how they respond. And more importantly how they don’t.
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When we think we’re all going to die
Why is the anxiety of the disciples more relatable than the calmness of Jesus? And why doesn’t it seem to bother us more than it does?
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Between Proper 6 + 7 (Year B)
Preparing for the next part of the lectionary, let’s double up on the backstory. So we can be less surprised than the disciples are.
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On the Stilling of the Storm
For SundayFourth Sunday after Pentecost Collect O Lord, make us have perpetual love and reverence for your holy Name, for you never fail to help and govern those whom you have set upon the sure foundation of your loving-kindness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one…
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The Back of the Boat
In the stilling of the storm in Mark 4:35-41, Jesus opens the disciples to the frightening possibility that they were wrong. And it reminds us that Jesus has the same message for us. “Peace. Be still!” The fear Jesus gets his disciples to face is not the storm. It’s change. Proper 7B | Mark 4:35-41…
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Of what are we afraid?
This is what trust looks like, what faith looks like. Not only in the mustard seed, but in the calming of storms. Not only in the theoretical, but in our lives; in our triumphs and challenges; in our doubts and our assurances; in our despairs and our elations. GOD is there and way more committed…
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In the Boat
a Homily for Proper 7B – Text: Mark 4: 35-41 Getting to the boat Andrew and Simon were fishing in the Sea of Galilee. They were casting nets into the water. As fishermen, this was their work. A stranger approaches them and says: “Follow me and I will make you fish for people.” This strange…