Immediately leading into this story of the Transfiguration is Peter’s confession, followed by Jesus telling the disciples he is going to Jerusalem where he will die, and an important teaching on what it means to be a disciple of Jesus: Pick up your cross and follow me. If we were watching a movie of Luke’s…

In the Transfiguration, Peter, James, and John saw Jesus a little more for who he is – as we say in the Creed: “God from God, Light from Light.” The letter to Peter’s church and the Gospel of Luke both describe what the disciples saw, because it is important for us as the church, as…

“Just as they were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, ‘Master, it is good for us to be here.’”In the name of God the adventurer, Christ the radical lover, and the empowering Holy Spirit. Amen. Today we reflect on the story of Jesus’ transfiguration on the mountain top. In the story, not only do we…

The vision of Jesus’ transfiguration occurs in all three synoptic gospels. In the Sunday lectionary, we get one of these versions on the last Sunday of Epiphany each year before we go into Lent. We are given Luke’s version every year on this day, the Feast of the Transfiguration. Liturgically, the vision comes embedded in…

Today’s gospel reading is the story of the Transfiguration. Six months from now we will hear this same lesson on the last Sunday of Epiphany, just as six months ago we heard the parallel story from the Gospel of Mark. The transfiguration event is retold every year on the Sunday before Lent. We use it…

It’s a glorious feast today: the Transfiguration of Our Lord on the mountain top. The calendar of our Church Year (BCP, p.15ff) lists seven days as “Principal Feasts,” followed by the Sundays of the year, and then by “Other Feasts of Our Lord,” of which this day is one. The event of the Transfiguration is…

Several years ago, one of the Public Opinion companies, it was probably Gallup, did a survey of Americans and asked a very interesting question. They asked several thousand people whether they had ever had what they would call “a religious experience,” a personal experience of whatever sort, that brought them somehow into the presence of…

This Sunday the Church celebrates the feast of the Transfiguration. The Gospel for today is the story of the Transfiguration according to Luke’s Gospel. In the text, Jesus takes his “inner circle” of disciples “Peter, James and John” up on a mountain top by themselves. The text says “the appearance of his face changed and…

Living in New York City, I encounter many crazy things, some even about God. As I was walking down Broadway one day, a truck caught my eyes. It was not the usual fast speed with which it was speeding down the inner city street, nor was it the hugeness of its size. But it was…