Jesus meets Simon and Andrew in the middle of their ordinary workday.
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Jesus’ invitation is tender and direct. Jesus does not call the strong, the self-sufficient, or the ones who have everything figured out.
Andrew did not preach a sermon or organize a movement. He simply went to find his brother and said, “We have found the Messiah.”
Isn’t it remarkable how kind we can be to strangers? We bump into someone at the grocery store and immediately say, “Excuse me.”
When I think of “the body of Christ,” my mind naturally goes to my local congregation—the people I worship with each Sunday, serve alongside in ministry, and gather with for prayer.
Sometimes I look at my life and see a quilt still in the making—threads of joy and sorrow, triumph and trial, all woven together in ways I don’t fully understand.
There are seasons when God invites us not just to move forward, but to prepare—to loosen our grip on what has been and to open our hearts to what is becoming.
There is a peace that only the ocean can give. I have felt it many times—standing on the deck of a ship, letting the rhythm of the Atlantic steady my breathing.
One thing I absolutely love when traveling is taking the “Hop On, Hop Off” tours.
I enjoy cruising, but I’ve learned something about waiting whenever our ship arrives at a port first.