(This post was first published January 12, 2009) Yesterday you may have been in a church building. You may have taught a class. You may have taken a long walk outside and looked up at the sky. You may have spent time with your family. You may have talked to God. You may have written […]

Sometime after Easter, Peter said to some of his friends, “I’m going fishing.” It was what he knew, how he could support himself if this Jesus gig didn’t work. And, at that point, he couldn’t figure out what the Jesus gig would be. The wandering seemed done. They were on the edge of something (resurrection […]

(This post first appeared on May 5, 2009) Sometimes you just have to stop. Sometimes you have to stop and listen and ask and listen. Sometimes you need questions. Simple questions. Questions of few syllables and deep thought. When was the last time you stopped? That’s an easy question to ask. That’s a very difficult […]

(This post was originally published June 16, 2009) Peter almost went under. That’s the highlight of the “walking on water” story, the part that everyone knows, the part that everyone tries to dissect.  It is the amazing part, the idea of a normal guy (slightly obnoxious, but normal), actually taking a few steps on water. […]