[eMansipater]

"I hate storms, but calms undermine my spirits."
- Bernard Moitessier [links]

[bitboy]

"Boats, like whiskey, are all good."
-R.D. (Pete) Culler [links]

[dfieldshorns84]

"Long ocean passages usually don't require engines; it's the ports and headlands at each end that may demand some expert sailing."
- Hal Roth here

[wholesale]

"I know who you are, but you'll have to wipe your feet."
- Capt. Richard Brown of the schooner America to Prince Albert of England, 1851

[wholesale]

"When a man comes to like a sea life, he is not fit to live on land."
- Dr. Samuel Johnson

[nanaimogold]

- Mark Twain, Great American Writer

[swinewine]

"When a man comes to like a sea life, he is not fit to live on land." more

[ashleywittky]

"I wanted freedom, open air and adventure. I found it on the sea."

[otiffanipacey]

Love
Has a way of wilting
Or blossoming
At the strangest,
Most unpredictable hour.
This is how love is,
An uncontrollable beast
In the form of a flower.
The sun does not always shine on it.
Nor does the rain always pour on it
Nor should it always get beaten by a storm.
Love does not always emit the sweetest scents,
And sometimes it can sting with its thorns.
Water it.
Give it plenty of sunlight.
Nurture it,
And the flower of love will
Outlive you.
Neglect it or keep dissecting it,
And its petals will quickly curl up and die.
This is how love is,
Perfection is a delusional vision.
So love the person who loves you
Unconditionally,
And abandon the one
Who only loves you
Under favorable
Conditions.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

[harrison801]

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[liorh]

[Belly]

What is Jesus’ purpose in walking across the sea? Is it simply faster or easier? The text says that he “would have passed by them,” suggesting that if they hadn’t seen him and had continued struggling through the night, he would have gotten to the far shore ahead of them and been waiting. Why? Was he just looking forward to seeing the looks on their faces when the found him already there? more

[redwine]

Here we have another popular and visual story of Jesus, this time with him walking on water. It is common for artists to portray Jesus on the water, stilling the storm as he did in chapter 4. The combination of Jesus’ calmness in the face of the power of nature along with his working another miracle that amazes his disciples has long been appealing to believers.

[theymos]

One can surmise that walking on water was the plan all along—after all, there doesn’t appear to be a lot of reason for Jesus to be the one sending the people away. Granted, there are a lot of them, but if the teachings are over then he can simply say goodbye and go on his way. Of course, one can also imagine that he really would have wanted some time to pray and meditate—it’s not as though he seems to get a great deal of time alone. That may have even been a motivation for sending his disciples off earlier in the chapter to teach and preach.