At first glance, one might be tempted to think:“What do the readings from Exodus, Psalm 99, Second Corinthians, and Luke—the readings for this Transfiguration Sunday—have to do with World Mission Sunday?” The linked readings focusing on Moses’ intimate relationship with God and his shining face in Exodus and Second Corinthians, the psalmist’s praise to God…

Today’s readings take us into “close encounters” with God – the kind that don’t seem to happen too often, but when they do, they are the ones that change us. In an instant of a transfiguring experience we can fully grasp who we are and what we can create. Today’s gospel reminds us to search…

Whenever Moses was with God on the mountain he was transformed. Likewise Jesus was transformed upon the mountain as he was with God, joined by the great prophets of God, Moses and Elijah. The countenance of Jesus was altered and his raiment became dazzling white. The human reaction to this transformation was initially fear, or…

Generating Mission Light “The church exists by mission as a fire exists by burning.” No burning, no fire. No mission, no church. Emil Brunner nicely sums up this simple truth in one inescapable sentence. For generations, the church has tried to ignore it, making the church into a private club, a comfortable chaplaincy, and a…