Salmon and Steelhead Trout are what scientists call anadromous fish. This means that they hatch in fresh water, then swim to the ocean to live out their lives, then return once again to fresh water to spawn. When the tide turns, they literally swim upstream against the current in order to reach their spawning grounds. This strong instinctual behavior to swim against the flow is driven by their need to reproduce.[1]

That drive to reproduce is also the key to how we carry on our faith. We have an astute old saying in our language. Its origin is unknown, but it goes all the way back to the time of the Romans: “Only dead fish go with the tide.” Sometimes, in order to reproduce –whether fish or faith –you must swim against the tide.

What does that mean for us? Well, according to our scripture for…