“Lord, Save Me!”

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He asked for it. He got it. He got scared. He got saved.

In today’s lectionary Gospel reading from Matthew 14, the disciples are terrified at the sight of a figure—could it be a ghost?—coming toward them, walking on the water. Jesus tells them it’s Him and not to be afraid. Peter—it is always Peter, isn’t it, who rushes in where others fear to t...