Transfiguration

Thursday, August 24th, 2017 Posted in writing | No Comments »

I own an icon (a print, not an original icon) of the scene called the Transfiguration. It depicts the story of Jesus taking Peter, James and John up a mountain, where he changed from being the ...

Transfiguration

Sunday, August 17th, 2014 Posted in writing | 1 Comment »

The feast of the Transfiguration (August 6) commemorates when Christ’s appearance became radiant with the light of his divinity and when Peter, James and John heard God’s voice from a cloud telling them to listen to Jesus. At first it ...

Servant Identity

Monday, February 25th, 2013 Posted in writing | No Comments »

The first and second Sundays of Lent present two sides of Jesus' commitment to service. The first Sunday of Lent, Jesus was in a deserted place with the devil tempting him to make the world (and even his Father!) ...

The Core Shines Out

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012 Posted in writing | No Comments »

Who we are is a great mystery, but we certainly know that we are much more complex than a computer. Furthermore, we sense that there is something in people that’s been described as the Indwelling Trinity, the Holy Spirit or ...