According to an e-mail making the rounds these days, everything you need to know about life you can learn from Noah. Among his most important lessons are these: 1) Don’t miss the boat. 2) We are all in the same boat. 3) In troubled times, travel in pairs. 4) When you are stressed out, float awhile. 5) Remember, the ark was built by amateurs and the Titanic by professionals.

No character in the Bible gets more present-day attention than Noah. This great-grandson of Enoch and grandson of Methuselah, has present-day water parks named after him and the Quick Bird Satellite looking for his ark. Everybody knows the story of Noah. Could we learn from Noah how to build a boat for ourselves that will float us through the floods of time? That is the question that I would like to pose with you today…