On Sunday, June 23, Anita Fast gave a sermon titled "Walking on Water", covering the story of Jesus doing just that. She asked us to look at the story from the perspective of the waters and to imagine them as being alive. According to Indigenous beliefs, the bodies of waters seen on land—lakes, rivers, oceans—have emotions and personalities. This perspective changes Jesus' relationship with the Sea of Galilee from that of the "master of the elements" to an authority that all of creation willingly yields to. Even during the creation story in Genesis, the water is said to have already existed, and the fact that God commanded the waters implies that the water has the agency to obey. [JL]

Passage: Psalm 19:1-6; Matthew 14:22-33
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Speaker: Anita Fast
Worship Leader: Diane Ehling
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