But we aren't really sure what that means in our daily lives, so most of us have picked up a pole or a net and have pushed off, once again, into water that looks as dark and deep as it did before. Like Peter and the other disciples we know that Jesus has been raised from the dead. We have even seen for ourselves evidence of the resurrection once or twice and we believe it is true. But, as for Peter and the other disciples, for us also that good news is a little like yesterday's headline or last week's joy. Today, you see, today we need to put food on the table and pay the mortgage.
Today there is a boat that needs repair from three years' worth of dry rot.
There are nets to be knotted again and fish to be caught. So, it is here three weeks into Easter when Jesus stands on the shoreline and watches us all leaning over the sides of our boats, worried about our nets. Heads down, bailing out water that has seeped in. Sleeping from boredom or depression or plain old exhaustion. Business as usual.