Hey everyone, I'm Dr. Allison. Today's scripture offers us a wiser way of being human as we step into the day.

As we close out this first week after Easter, we return again to the Gospels. This is again part of the

wisdom of the global church in this season.

Easter isn't only something we celebrate once and move on from.

It is something we stay with.

We come back to these resurrection stories because they show us what new life looks like in ordinary human experience in our confusion, in relationships,

and in the slow work of becoming new.

Today's reading is selected verses from John 21, 1 through 14.

Afterward, Jesus appeared again to his disciples by the Sea of Galilee.

It happened this way.

I'm going out to fish, Simon Peter told them, and they said, "'We'll go with you.'

So the disciples went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.

He called out to them, friends, haven't you any fish?

No, they answered.

He said, throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some. When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the

large number of fish. Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, it is the Lord. As soon as Simon

Peter heard him say, it is the Lord, he wrapped his outer garment around him, for he had taken it off, and jumped into the water.

The other disciples followed in the boat. When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it and some bread.

Jesus said to them, bring some of the fish you have just caught. So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and

dragged the net ashore. It was filled with large fish, but even with so many the net was not torn.

Jesus said to them, come and have breakfast. None of the disciples dared ask him,

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