For Lent this year, I want to do a series that weaves together the “story” of Peter with the “story” of Mary. The two of them, so I hope to show, struggle with the Cross and it is that “story” that can get us all ready for Lent. I will, of course, base this series on The Real Mary and, less so, on Jesus Creed‘s chapter about Peter.
I am persuaded that Mary is more than a Christmas character, and if we are serious about developing a Protestant understanding of Mary, we will have to learn to integrate Mary into more than the Christmas story. Here’s a recent interview I did on Mary for WiredParish.