The story of the Great Flood and the Ark is part of the Jewish, Christian and Islamic traditions. We know it by heart. Humans have turned from God, so God wipes them out and starts all over with just a few, a remnant he’d saved by ordering them onto a boat that survived the terrible waters.

The season of Lent is an ark, a great storm-tossed ship carrying us above the waters, transporting us to new life.