Living and Leading in the Deep – Receiving the Promised 153 Fish

I wrote for the Into the Deep series Living and Leading in the Deep during the launch of Ignatian Ministries, exploring the call to step into a new call and God’s promise within that call.

I remember the day so clearly when Jesus promised 153 fish would come on shore. It was early morning in April 2022, and I was sitting on a couch in an airbnb in San Diego. Our family was there for vacation over our kids’ Easter break. I entered prayer that morning as I had many mornings before this one feeling tired.

My personal life was in the middle of many transitions and losses. Daily I was slogging through grief. Our team’s discernment was in process, and all of us were feeling the drastic swings in a day of consolation and desolation. Each time we stepped forward thinking we had clarity it seemed desolation would whack us in the face. Desolation reared its head at this season often as overwhelming confusion, stuckness, heaviness like moving through mud, or extreme doubt of the call.  Read more of Living and Leading in the Deep – Receiving the Promised 153 Fish.