{"id":4838,"date":"2026-10-25T11:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T11:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=4838"},"modified":"2026-10-25T11:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T11:58:11","slug":"sunday-verses-calabash-trawlers-10-25-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=4838","title":{"rendered":"SUNDAY VERSES: &#8216;Calabash Trawlers&#8217; (10\/25\/2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>By RAHN ADAMS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They that go down to the sea in ships, \/ that do business in great waters; \/ these see the works of the Lord, \/ and his wonders in the deep.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4851\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4851\" style=\"width: 145px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/calabashshrimpers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4851\" src=\"http:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/calabashshrimpers-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/calabashshrimpers-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/calabashshrimpers-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/calabashshrimpers.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;Calabash Trawlers&#8217; (1993), watercolor, by T. G. Adams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A psalmist sang that song three millennia ago, \/ and they remain singularly right, \/ even including Venezuelan fishing boats \/ and Saudi oil tankers.<\/p>\n<p>But who is this Lord of whom they spoke? \/ Who rules all the oceans? \/ Is this Lord the Son of Man or of God, \/ or some Machiavellian son of a gun?<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s their blasted symbol, right? \/ Not a backwards dog; a gun &#8212; \/ for power, money, manhood, death &#8212; \/ the selfsame boat we&#8217;re all in.<\/p>\n<p>My favorite trawler is <em>Jehovah Jireh<\/em>, \/ its berth at Calabash&#8217;s Dockside, \/ with red outriggers and trim, \/ translated as &#8220;the Lord will provide.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By RAHN ADAMS &#8220;They that go down to the sea in ships, \/ that do business in great waters; \/ these see the works of the Lord, \/ and his wonders in the deep.&#8221; A psalmist sang that song three millennia ago, \/ and they remain singularly right, \/ even including Venezuelan fishing boats \/ &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=4838\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SUNDAY VERSES: &#8216;Calabash Trawlers&#8217; (10\/25\/2026)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4838"}],"version-history":[{"count":56,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4896,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4838\/revisions\/4896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}