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Transfiguration C: Church as Nursery for Those Who Can Take the Heat

The readings for Transfiguration Sunday are Old Testament      Exodus 34:29–35 Psalm                    Psalm 99 New Testament     2 Corinthians 3:12–4:2 Gospel                   Luke 9:28–36 (37–43) “Get out of the kitchen if you can’t stand the heat.” That’s what they … Continue reading

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Transfiguration B: Listen through Unprecedented

Today on one more day of an unprecedented stretch of super cold temperatures, we look out on unprecedentedly huge drifts of snow, in the midst of a pandemic that has infected and killed unprecedented numbers of people worldwide, and listen … Continue reading

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Reflections: Transfiguration Sunday

Reflections on Transfiguration, Year C 2 Kings 2:1-12  “Elijah ascended into heaven in a whirlwind.”                   No one likes being caught in a storm.                 The severe tornadoes of last summer, including the one that devastated Joplin, Missouri, surely … Continue reading

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