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TT-1: It's A Ghost! (fwd)
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---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Date: Friday, July 09, 2004 10:25 PM -0700
From: Keith McMullen <keithsz@sbcglobal.net>
A thin veneer of immediate reality is spread over natural and artificial
matter, and whoever wishes to remain in the now, with the now, on the now,
should please not break its tension film. Otherwise the
inexperienced miracle-worker will find himself no longer walking on water
but descending upright among staring fish.
Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of
him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. After he had dismissed
them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. When evening came,
he was there alone, but the boat was already a considerable distance from
land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it. During the
fourth watch of the night Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake.
When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. "It's
a ghost," they said, and cried out in fear. But Jesus immediately said to
them: "Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid." "Lord, if it's you," Peter
replied, "tell me to come to you on the water."
"Come," he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water
and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and,
beginning to sink, cried out, "Lord, save me!" Immediately Jesus reached
out his hand and caught him. "You of little faith," he said, "why did you
doubt?" (Matthew 14:22-31)
---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
D. Barton Johnson
NABOKV-L
Date: Friday, July 09, 2004 10:25 PM -0700
From: Keith McMullen <keithsz@sbcglobal.net>
A thin veneer of immediate reality is spread over natural and artificial
matter, and whoever wishes to remain in the now, with the now, on the now,
should please not break its tension film. Otherwise the
inexperienced miracle-worker will find himself no longer walking on water
but descending upright among staring fish.
Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of
him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. After he had dismissed
them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. When evening came,
he was there alone, but the boat was already a considerable distance from
land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it. During the
fourth watch of the night Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake.
When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. "It's
a ghost," they said, and cried out in fear. But Jesus immediately said to
them: "Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid." "Lord, if it's you," Peter
replied, "tell me to come to you on the water."
"Come," he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water
and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and,
beginning to sink, cried out, "Lord, save me!" Immediately Jesus reached
out his hand and caught him. "You of little faith," he said, "why did you
doubt?" (Matthew 14:22-31)
---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
D. Barton Johnson
NABOKV-L