Today is Transfiguration Sunday. Today is also the first Sunday since the tragic, multi-victim shooting in Tumbler Ridge, BC. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) Synod of BC issued a call to prayer. They wrote: Our hearts are broken by the horrible tragedy in Tumbler Ridge. Words can hardly express the depth of pain…
Ah, change. I have heard there are some people who like change. I even believe it. But I have met many, many people who are quite open and direct about how they hate change. And yet, change seems both inevitable and worthwhile. Journalist and author Gail Sheehy said, “If we don’t change, we don’t grow….
Transfiguration Sunday is another Sunday which is celebrated, or at least noted every year. As I mentioned in the sermon, it is probably a good thing it is or I might not ever preach on it. This year what caught my eye, so to say, in the texts was Paul’s use of the word “veil”…