It is said that a good secretary is one who often “covers” for the boss, and makes the boss look good when the boss does something stupid.  Hence, St. Mark, the secretary to St. Peter, tells us that Peter’s dumb remarks on the occasion of Jesus’ transfiguration were caused by fear.  But Mark’s report of this incident reinforces Peter’s reputation for only opening his mouth to change feet.  As Halford Luccock says in the Interpreter’s Bible: “This was not a particularly bright remark of Peter’s and Mark apologizes for him on the ground that being afraid he did not know what to say.” (Halford E.  Luccock, The Interpreter’s Bible,Vol. 7, p. 776 New York and Nashville: Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1951.)

HAVE YOU EVER SAID THE WRONG THING AT THE WRONG TIME? 

I have.  I’ve said a lot of dumb thi…