Although we live in a time and place of comfort and wealth, nevertheless somehow life seems to have got harder for so many, the troubles of life more exacting for both old and young. Whilst Covid may have hastened some of this, it was happening already.

How we long to be travelling through calm waters, how we yearn for a place of peace in our life and in our world.

What unites today’s two bible passages is a sense that the Creator of all things is the source of all calm.

A talk for The Second Sunday before Lent, 20 February 2022.

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