Have you been betrayed by someone you trusted? Or have you betrayed another but have no foreseeable way to find forgiveness? These are occasions for deep pain in life.

Remember the scripture where Jesus asked Peter, “Do you love me?” Three times Peter responded, “Yes, Lord, you know I love you.”

In today’s episode Peter denies Jesus three times. Even the cock crows, as though the universe itself needed to protest.

Biblical faith resonates in the constant theme of intimate love. Call it covenant, or marriage, friendship or discipleship, every word of Jesus is meant to draw us more deeply into a holy union.

We are called to be soul mates in the Body of Christ.

But betrayal is constant in life. We live with it, we are pained by it, humiliated by it – and we carry it like a cross whose splinters are embedded in the tender tissues of our heart.

Bold and tempestuous Peter, scared and confused, wounding his beloved friend - and scarring deeply his own vulnerable self. Peter the rock – a handful of sand!

I Do Not Know The Man