Slip ‘n Fall

The trial for the captain of the Costa Concordia, the cruise liner which ran aground off the coast of Tuscany two years ago, is still underway. His defense for abandoning ship and leaving 32 passengers to perish is that he slipped and fell into a lifeboat. The defense seems absurd, but it made me think Jonah who “slipped and fell” into a boat headed for Tarshish. Both of these men abandoned their duties and will forever have a record of desertion. Unfortunately, there are shades of the captain and Jonah in all of us. On the night Jesus, “…Then all the disciples deserted him and fled.” (Matt 26:56b NIV)