Dewey Bertolini's Podcast

As you are about to hear in this PODCAST, last week as I was rushing at the end to complete on time our discussion of Peter’s release from prison—an effort at which I failed miserably, BTW—we mentioned-in-passing two noteworthy individuals, each of whom deserve far more than passing-mention. Mary, a generous homeowner and gracious hostess who opened her home for going on-fourteen years by the time of this story to the earliest, first generation followers of Jesus, our ancestors in the faith. Mary also happened to be the aunt to our old friend Barnabas, and a very close and personal friend of our even older friend, Peter. And then there is Mary’s son and Barnabas’ cousin—as well as Peter’s protege—John Mark. With glistening credentials such as these, they both do indeed deserve our special attention. Especially given the fact that immediately upon his miraculous release from prison, instinctively Peter made his very first stop to announce his release at Mary’s home. Even more especially given that this is Moth