... the Apostle Peter strangely torn by strength and weakness, Jesus stands near at hand to whisper, "Peace I leave with you ..." (John 14:27) In our text (Matthew 14) we learn of three different kinds of storms stilled by Jesus. Those storms continue to ... desert traveler in California whose skeletal remains were discovered in the shifting dunes. Clutched in his bony hand was a chunk of mica with pyrites, resembling gold, that had deceived him. He had mistaken the yellow streaks in this rock for gold. On a scrap ...
