Simon Peter had a rough day. Things didn’t go like he had hoped.

Mary blames Jesus. And she acknowledges her deep faith into his power of life. To nourish life, to save life. That, she believes.

It was a beautiful day at sea in May 1865. In so many ways.

“I must have misheard”, Hazel thought to herself. “God clearly doesn’t want me to become a pastor.”

When laying in my bed at night, I find myself praying much more intentionally and more intensive right now than just a couple of months ago. Has my faith grown? I am not sure.