Pastor's Corner: Afraid? Stay in the boat

Fear can be a powerful motivator. Fear can make brave people do cowardly things, and it can make timid people do brave things. Fear can make you do one thing in one situation, and the opposite thing in another situation. Fear of heights might have kept me off of the church office roof a few weeks ago when our handyman invited me up, but a few years ago, when I noticed rain dripping on the sofa during a storm at my childhood home, fear of a worsening problem motivated me to climb onto the roof with bricks and a tarp all by myself. Fear can make us do strange, and perhaps sometimes stupid, thing...