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Transfiguration
stripped to our atoms, our shining core, is glory [still] captive to chaos
Transfiguration: no shades of gray, only glory
“For the glory of God is a living human; and the life of a person consists in beholding God. For if the manifestation of God which is made by means of the creation, affords life to all living in the … Continue reading
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Tagged #blacklivesmatter, dignity, Fifty Shades of Grey, human trafficking, Irenaus, respect, Shannon Beck, Transfiguration
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Transfiguration
thunderous light falling crushing sight and sound, revealing in the core of being darkness split by the silver of a sharp-edged mirror sliver, cracked images dancing; resplendent shards
Posted in lectionary reflection, poetry, prayer
Tagged imago dei, Last Sunday after the Epiphany, Transfiguration
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Transfiguration
Early in the darkening dawn, shadows weighting their sight, waiting for the sun to rise on the Light of the World, blind their vision with magnesium-bulb brightness, harmonic resonance of lightning arcing between earth and heaven.
Posted in holy days, poetry
Tagged light of the world, Luke 9:28-36, Transfiguration
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Year A Last Sunday after the Epiphany: Homeless Jesus and the Transfiguration
Some of you may have seen a news story this past week about a statue that has been installed outside an Episcopal church in Davidson, N.C.[1] The first time she saw it, one neighbourhood resident called the police, thinking that … Continue reading
The anniversary of a Transfiguration, a mushroom cloud and a drone strike
Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly they … Continue reading
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Tagged August 6, clouds, drone strike, heightened terror alert, Hiroshima, mountaintop, Transfiguration, Yemen
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Year C, Last Sunday after the Epiphany: Transformative prayer
The season of Sundays following the Epiphany is bookended by that voice from heaven that declares that Jesus is the beloved Son of God. On the Sunday following the Epiphany, at the Baptism of Our Lord, the heavens are opened … Continue reading
An untitled, unfinished poem for Transfiguration Sunday
One on the plain, with water and a dove falling from the mouth of God, feathers chalking words onto the sky, its beak a piercing kiss; one on the mountaintop between the cairns, with fiery Spirit, lightning bright and thundering love, hailing acclamation … Continue reading
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Tagged baptism, dove, fire, Holy Spirit, Mark 1: 9-11, Mark 9: 2-9, mountaintop, Transfiguration
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Year B: Last Sunday after the Epiphany
When I told my youngest child that my mother had died, she said, “But she was supposed to get better!” A week or so later, when I was talking to my father about talking to an old friend, he asked, … Continue reading
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