Position is everything (Lent blog series Wk.5)
Have you ever asked yourself how the other disciples felt when Jesus took Peter, James and John hiking high up in the mountain? (Mark 9:2) Presumably Jesus had explained his intention to “get away by himself” with his “favourite three,” that they may be gone a while; or did they just quietly head off, without a second thought, whilst the other nine were preoccupied? This wasn’t the first time they’d been left behind though, was it? They weren’t privy to the miraculous resurre