ELCA Lutheran Sermon Sermons, Pastor Don Rose "The Sea and the Other Side" 2006-06-25

The sea and the other side represent the stormy places of life that can cause fear and anxiety. Jesus stills our fear and anxieties just as he stilled the storm and calmed the waters.

The Holy Gospel according to Mark, the 4th chapter:

On that day, when evening had come, Jesus said to them, "Let us go across to the other side." 36And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. 37A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. 38But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, "Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?" 39He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. 40He said to them, "Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?" 41And they were filled with great awe and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"

(Mark 4:35-41)