Transfiguration Sunday

Sermon Notes:

This week, we celebrate Transfiguration Sunday, reading from Mark 9: 2-9. Jesus takes Peter, James, and John to go up a high mountain. When they arrive, the disciples see Jesus in a dazzling light. There, with his whole person illumined, Jesus talks with Elijah and Moses. The disciples are terrified at first, and then Peter suggests they stay there. Jesus does not let them stay, but leads them back down the mountain back to the work at hand.

Jesus was transformed. The disciples were transformed. We too are called to transformation.

“Mountain top” moments like the ones the disciples experienced have the power to transform. Peak experiences in life – like reaching a big goal or having a happy life event – lift us up into a new way of being. Still, that new way of being is not always easy: sometimes it requires hard work or a period of adjustment. Sometimes returning to everyday life is a disappointment. And sometimes, we find that even in the everyday grind we are being transformed. One thing we know for sure is that whether we on a peak or in a valley, Jesus is with us.

This week, we celebrate Transfiguration Sunday, reading from Mark 9: 2-9. Jesus takes Peter, James, and John to go up a high mountain. When they arrive, the disciples see Jesus in a dazzling light. There, with his whole person illumined, Jesus talks with Elijah and Moses. The disciples are terrified at first, and then Peter suggests they stay there. Jesus does not let them stay, but leads them back down the mountain back to the work at hand.

Jesus was transformed. The disciples were transformed. We too are called to transformation.

“Mountain top” moments like the ones the disciples experienced have the power to transform. Peak experiences in life – like reaching a big goal or having a happy life event – lift us up into a new way of being. Still, that new way of being is not always easy: sometimes it requires hard work or a period of adjustment. Sometimes returning to everyday life is a disappointment. And sometimes, we find that even in the everyday grind we are being transformed. One thing we know for sure is that whether we on a peak or in a valley, Jesus is with us.

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Rev. Jane Herring

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