We meditate thoughtfully on Peter’s 1st letter: he was writing to the “elect exiles of the Dispersion” [1 v.1] – primarily Jews – as James (1 v.1) had also done “To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion.” [1 v.1]  Peter names them as being in “Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia” – and Paul visited some of these places, and ...

    We all have either grown up or we are growing up – but in reading Peter’s first letter today we meditate on what he says about the growing up process.       Peter went through a very challenging growing up process from the time he first met Christ.- what a journey in life he had to look back ...