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Not so much. Most of all, however, we run from Oliver’s last line: a thousand times more frightening than the killer sea. Frightening? Is that how anyone thinks of Jesus? Do we not seek him out for comfort? Is he not the good shepherd wandering in search of one lost lamb? Did he not promise rest for the weary and food for the hungry? Isn’t our whole approach to faith based on a simple transaction: what we lack and need he has in abundance and can provide? This is, at one level, a poem about a well-known story in the gospels—the story of Jesus and his disciples crossing the Sea of Galilee when a sudden storm arises.
What are those uncles of Oliver’s poem muttering about, if not this “peculiar” troublemaker? Why do the women walk away, if not to keep the peace, as women so often feel called to do? As for that young brother sharpening his knife, surely he knows that all this talk of love will only last so long. Then real men will have to do what real men do. And while we’re at it, what is the soul anyway? Poets know that most people spend their lives tired, frightened, and clueless. They know that fatigue is the enemy of faith.
We fail to be honest with them about how little difference the creeds and doctrines make compared to setting out on a journey with someone whose claim upon their lives will turn out to be a thousand times more frightening than the killer sea. Crazy Is as Crazy Does Dear reader, I hope that you do not find the word crazy to be offensive when used to describe Jesus of Nazareth. It is not meant to be irreverent or dismissive or even shocking in the service of selling a book. It is meant to be true—as in real.