Chris's Musings

In my time with God this morning, I ran into a familiar story that we've all heard.  In fact, I thought about "familiarity" a lot when I was noodling it, http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%2021:1-14&version=NIV Which produced a, somewhat unfamiliar, epiphany.   Jesus had just been crucified, and had risen from the dead but the disciples by and large did not accept this fact at the time.  Peter and John had been to the tomb and saw it empty, but Peter didn't believe yet that Jesus rose from the dead.  Peter, probably in trying to figure things out, likely out of the shame of having disowned Jesus, and possibly out of disillusionment - decided to go back to the thing he knew... He went fishing.  He had a  fishing business before meeting Jesus.  It was familiar.   And then, Peter hears this guy on the shore. Guy on shore:  "Caught anything yet?" (my translation into "Southern") Guys on boat:  "No"  ...

I just got back from spending time at Taco Mac with a buddy of mine; watching the demise of the Phillies in Game 5 (in which I'm sure all of Atlanta rejoiced!).  Wrapping up some home chores I took a look at my blog and realized that I haven't posted since August! Shame on me!  I guess even a great writer (in my own mind) needs to take a break every now and then.   But, given that I've been away from my blog, can you imagine the pressure of the "first next" post... is it going to be awesome?  That's a lot of pressure for someone who likes to write.   So... to take the pressure (sort of) off... and because I've had blog thoughts in my mind... I'll break the ice by providing a short synopsis of some thoughts I've had over the last 6 weeks... so my next post, whether snarky or serious... will be a little more pressure-free.   (Thanks to my groups director Mark Shull - the man - for giving me this)  Yes, Peter sunk in the water when he took h...