Prop: Model boat or a painting of a boat on stormy seas

“Don’t rock the boat!”

How many times have you heard that? “Don’t rock the boat!” It means to “keep the peace,” to “not stir things up,” to not push the envelope, to not provoke, to avoid change and stay in the box…and keep things the same. To worship the status quo. If you do “rock the boat,” who knows? Something unexpected might happen! And surely that wouldn’t be good!

I imagine that must have been the way Jesus’ disciples felt about their world too. And definitely about their situation regarding the Pharisees. The disciples followed Jesus wherever he traveled. They saw the controversy Jesus kicked up wherever he went. They witnessed him doing some very strange and unusual things. They saw how he riled up the religious establish…