Transfiguration Sunday

Mark 9:2-6  Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them,  ³ and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them. 

The Pew Center reports that 50% of Christians claim to have experienced significant, even extraordinary religious experiences of self-transcendence.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: “Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God; But only he who sees, takes off his shoes. The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.”

There are a great variety of religious experiences ranging from the simple experiences of awe and wonder associated with a starry night in the wilderness to a dramatic personal call that can include visual or auditory incidences.

Don’t think you have to justify your faith with ecstatic visions. The only really important call is “Do you love me? Then feed my sheep.”

Our mission is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.

John 20:27-29   ²⁷ Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe."  ²⁸ Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"  ²⁹ Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe."