Suppose for a few minutes that you are one of them. There is no indication in scripture that you or any of your compatriots have any inkling as you set out in your boats that there might be anything amiss. To be sure, since a number of you are fishermen, you are aware that things like this can happen. After all, the Sea of Galilee is set in a deep gorge between two mountain ranges. The winds sometimes force themselves through the passes around Mount Hermon in the north and virtually explode on the quiet waters so many hundreds of feet below. Sudden squalls with waves of ten, twenty, or thirty feet or higher can come up with little or no warning. You and your friends are deathly afraid of those squalls, and with good reason — everyone of you knows of friends and fellow-workers who have gone…
Peace In the Midst of the Storm
Mark 4:35-41
Mark 4:35-41
Sermon
by David E. Leininger
by David E. Leininger
CSS Publishing Company, Inc., Lectionary Tales for the Pulpit, by David E. Leininger