Intimacy, love, and discipleship
Easter 3C | John 21:1-19
Our friends are done with that locked house now. They are out on the water, fishing. Fresh air, not that stilted fear-filled air the city offers. No, out here, they can really breathe. It is heavenly out on a boat, just waiting.
Except when you aren’t catching anything. Then it’s pretty boring. And those of us who aren’t really into fishing, well, we pass the time with a book, I suppose. That’s what I did when my grandfather invited two of his grandsons to join him many, many years ago at his sacred fishing spot in Canada on the north shore of Lake Superior. I was 12, reading Stephen King’s It, which I found much more exciting. Yeah, he didn’t ask us back.
The disciples are out there fishing and catching nothing and then Jesus shows up and once again his followers can’t recognize him until the fish nearly capsize the boat. Fool me once, Jesus, shame on you, fool me twice…it’s not going to happen a third time. They’re probably getting pretty confident about that. We aren’t so sure. Their track record isn’t very good…Keep Reading
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