(Author's note: this sermon was preached as a first-person monologue by Jesus' disciple Peter. To help the congregation grasp the time difference, I costumed a bit by wearing the khafia, the common headdress of the Mideast. I also wore a cross, which I used as a "prop" near the monologue's end. At the same time, the sermon incorporated a "time warp, " with Peter speaking at one point as if he could see through the centuries.)

I was asked the $64,000 question. The big question where "winner takes all." The $64,000 question, and I answered it right! And yet, I was so very wrong.

I am Peter, disciple of Jesus of Nazareth. Sometimes I go by the name Simon. I know some of you think of me as "good old foot-in-his-mouth Peter," but I'd like you to know I think that's unfair. I may be impulsive,…