In 1976 a British jazz/blues band named The Manfred Mann Earth Band came out with the song, “Blinded by the Light.” The words and slang (written by Bruce Springsteen) were so difficult to understand that barely anyone really understood what the song was about, but the tune caught on, and by 1977, it had reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Years later, when Springsteen sought to illuminate the meaning of his lyrics, he said, they described his time as a young, energetic musician in New Jersey, stunned by what was happening to him and around him and wanting to experience it all: "I wanted to get blinded by the light," he said. "I wanted to do things I hadn't done and see things I hadn't seen."[1]

I wonder if that is how Jesus’ disciples Peter, James, and John felt as their adventure with Jes…