Walking on Water Sermon
A photo of the Mississippi River near Waukon Junction, Iowa This is the sermon that I gave at the Episcopal Church of the Saviour in Clermont , Iowa on Sunday, Augsust 10 th . Once, on a church bulletin board there was the following notice: Morning Bible Study: Jesus walks on water Evening Bible Study: Searching for Jesus. Somehow it seemed no one in that church had foreseen the confusing message their bulletin board was going to tell that day. Anyway this morning we have the familiar story about Jesus walking on water. First a bit of background: John the Baptist has just been beheaded and the disciples (some of whom were followers of John) have not had time to grieve for him. They are immediately plunged into feeding the 5000, gathering up the 12 baskets of fragments left over and trying now to quell a crowd of people who want to proclaim Jesus as king. Jesus then sends them on ahead of him in a boat. Then Matthew says that Jesus dismissed the people and went alone up the mount...