This morning we have a nature miracle. There are many jokes about nature miracles. One of them is the tale of three clergy members going out fishing. The Episcopal priest, when they’re out on the water, says, I’ve forgotten my lunch and he jumps out of the boat and runs across the water to the shore, gets his lunch and runs back. A little while goes by and the Catholic priest says, I’ve left my tackle box in the trunk, and he jumps out of the boat, walks across the water to the shore, gets his tackle box and walks back across the water to the boat. The Baptist minister has taken all of this in. He’s new to town and is amazed. He hasn’t forgotten anything in the car, but not willing to be outdone, he says that he’s forgotten his lucky hat, he jumps out of the boat and promptly sinks to the bottom. The Catholic turns to the Episcopalian and says “I guess he didn’t know where the rocks are.”
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