The path from the beach to the house was so familiar that I could almost walk it in my sleep and probably have. As I finally trudged around the corner, exhausted from another night fishing and saw our home I could almost feel the weight drop off my shoulders. Esther was hanging out clothes to…
Chapter 3
“I know he’s a grown man, but a little courtesy never hurt anyone.” I was a little put out, Esther had prepared dinner for all of us and Andrew hadn’t shown up. “Simon, don’t worry about it, you ate his share, so it’s fine, really.” Esther and her mother were puttering around in the kitchen while…
Chapter 4
“And Simon, don’t be a jerk.” “Me? A Jerk? Come on Andrew, you know me better than that.” “Exactly, don’t be a jerk. Give Jesus a chance.” We had just arrived at the home where Jesus was staying, and I was getting last-minute instructions before we went in. “Just keep an open mind and listen to what…
Chapter 5
“Peter? I don’t know, I kind of like, Simon, calling you Peter would just seem strange, especially when I was whispering sweet nothings in your ear, I’d feel like I was cheating on the Simon I married.”. “As long as it’s me you are whispering sweet nothings to, you can call me anything you like,…
Chapter 6
Another night of fishing and we were just beaching the boat when Andrew spotted a large school just off the shore, we grabbed our throw nets and waded out to try our luck. We had caught plenty through the night, but you fished when there were fish. There was no telling what tomorrow night might…
Chapter 7
CThe sun was high when I walked through the door, Esther just arched her eyebrows and asked, “Breakfast or lunch?” “Babe, I’m sorry I’m late” “Never mind that Simon, Eli told me what happened. You must be exhausted, you fished all night and then you are gone all morning. Where were you? What is happening?” …
Chapter 8
And so, it began. The next day Andrew was at the house bright and early, excited about what lay ahead with Jesus, and already dreaming of what life would be like without the Romans. But what Jesus taught wasn’t about a revolution. Instead, he told us about where he had been for the past six…
Swing of Emotions
Talk about a swing in emotions. I have been working on two separate messages this week, one for Good Friday and another one for Easter Sunday. One was a message of despair, and the other was a message of hope. One a message of defeat and the other a message of victory. One a message…
Chapter 9
I was still trying to get my head around Jesus’ story of his wilderness encounter with the one he called the schemer. Really? What had I gotten myself involved in? Midnight fishing on Galilee was sounding better all the time. “Peter? Peter?” Jesus’s voice broke through my fog, “Come on, we have a date at…
Chapter 10
Jairus and others crowded around the man, asking him if he was all right and helping him to his feet. And then Jesus told us it was time to go. Time to go? But what had happened? I knew what had happened; I was there, but I really didn’t have a clue as to what…