Picture it - it’s late 32 AD. Jesus has passed through Tyre and Sidon, and is now in Caesarea-Philippi: on his way to Jerusalem, where he knows he will die. And he just wants some good, honest feedback about how things have been going, so he asks his disciples, who are people saying I am?? Or as it is said in Jesus Christ Superstar: “What’s the buzz? Tell me all about it. . .” Today’s Gospel comes right on the heels of John the Baptist’s death, the feeding of the five th

Part of my daily routine used to be rushing home to watch the evening news. I preferred watching Lester Holt on NBC. I don’t do this anymore, not because Lester Holt has been replaced by Tom Llamas, but I just got worn down by all the negativity. It seems as if nothing is right in our world or in our country or in our lives anymore, all is chaos, and I just refuse to believe that and allow that negativity to take root in my heart or control my life. Now I’m not naive, there