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Good Like Peter
Peter, the Beloved Disciple, and why the way we judge ourselves keeps us from seeing how much we are truly loved.
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So…Peter’s Naked?
It is so weird that Peter is naked and then clothes himself and then jumps in the water. How can we not talk about it?
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Satan As a Swear Word
There is such power in this rebuke that it shatters our focus on the moment. Like when a trusted authority uses a swear word.
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Definitely, Peter
What Jesus told them to do was follow him. Instead, 7 disciples went to the beach.
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Changing the Image of Jesus
When Peter calls Jesus the Messiah, he gets the right answer the wrong way. A pattern we repeat in our fear of chaos and of intimacy. Proper 16A | Matthew 16:13-20 If you’ve ever watched a painter work a canvas, you see the very transformation of absence into presence. The white canvas gets swirled and…
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Walking on Water
In the story, Jesus walks on water. So does Peter. He is just doing what Jesus did, offering us an option at a time of great fear. Proper 14A | Matthew 14:22-33 The first time I walked on water, I was 16 years-old. I had never done anything so intentional as that before. It was…
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Swimming Naked
This story is still Peter’s story. For it isn’t just that he gets dressed so that Jesus doesn’t see him naked in the boat. But when he covers himself, what does he do? He dives in. Why? We don’t know. But here’s a thought. He needed to get to Jesus. Peter is always trying to…
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Getting behind Jesus
This is the first movement in the turning point, the turning away from the early life of Jesus and toward his destiny. The turning away from safety and toward the danger of the cross. The turning away from home and toward Jerusalem. Jesus turns toward Jerusalem before his followers are ready Proper 19B | Mark…