Sudden storms were a frequent occurrence on the Sea of Galilee. When one such powerful storm hit the boat that Jesus and his disciples were on, “There was someone who was not disturbed by the disturbance. That someone was Jesus. Jesus was in the storm, but the storm wasn’t in Jesus.”[1]

With everything that is going on in our world, sometimes it is okay that we feel disturbed. To be disturbed shows that our heart is still beating; that we still have a conscience. To be disturbed is to pay attention to where there is injustice, so that we might live as Jesus invites us, as peacemakers: