What does it mean to be in God’s presence? For Moses, in the Old Testament it might be lethal. Our Old Testament lesson this week comes from Exodus, to be exact it is Exodus 33:12-23. It is the story of Moses asking God to show Moses God’s glory. God say, “Okay, but if you actually […]
Mountaintop experiences
Scripture has several stories that revolve around things happening at the top of a mountain. The Lectionary talks about two such stories this Sunday, one in the Old Testament and one in the New. In Exodus we read about Moses spending days and days on a mountain with God. In Matthew we read about Jesus, […]
Transfiguration for everyone
The blog title is just a hair flippant, which shouldn’t surprise anyone really, but it is trying to get across part of what I was preaching about today. Today is Transfiguration Sunday in the church year and it all revolves around the story of the Transfiguration of Jesus on a mountain. He was there with […]