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Finding Comfort in the Transfigured Christ

August 6, 2021 By Erin Jean Warde 2 Comments

There is no question that I am the disciple asking if we can make a dwelling, to try to live inside the fleeting moments when I feel the very palpable love and presence of God.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: doubt, Feast Days, Jesus Christ, Transfiguration

Seeing the Glory of the Lord Off the Mountain

August 6, 2020 By Lauren Kuratko 1 Comment

I would love to be delivered from the disquietude, the anxiety, the unease, of this world. Want to come up with me to the mountain for just a little bit?

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The Transiency of Memory and the Transfiguration

August 6, 2019 By Kit Lonergan 1 Comment

Our daughter lost her first tooth a few weeks ago. As I stared into that gaping hole in her mouth, I did the thing where you internally tear up and think, ‘where did my little baby go?’ in that wistful, nostalgic way. ‘It was only yesterday that I was holding her in my arms!’

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The Transfigured Jesus Should Transfigure All of Us

August 6, 2018 By Melody Wilson Shobe Leave a Comment

The Feast of the Transfiguration has always been a favorite of mine. My first preaching assignment in seminary was on Luke 9:28-36, the story of […]

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: birth, Feast Days, Transfiguration

Transfiguration: lean into the mystery of Christ’s love for us.

August 6, 2017 By Marcus Halley 1 Comment

The Transfiguration is confusing and deeply mystifying, and maybe that’s the point.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Bible, discipleship, God, Jesus, saints, Transfiguration

Faith at Home: Planning Ahead for August

July 24, 2017 By Nurya Love Parish 13 Comments

A new feature helps readers plan ahead to practice faith at home each month.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: August, back to school, ordinary time, St. Bartholomew, St. Mary the Virgin, Transfiguration

Celebrating the Transfiguration

August 6, 2016 By Nurya Love Parish Leave a Comment

Peter and the other disciples, witnessing this great event, are just like me as I watch the far more mundane work of God: the growth of ordinary human beings.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: parenting, sleep, teenagers, Transfiguration

Preparing to celebrate the Transfiguration – and much more – at home

July 30, 2016 By Nurya Love Parish Leave a Comment

The church celebrates the feast of the Transfiguration next Saturday. These words from Full Homely Divinity give us a taste of the wisdom on that site – and practices that we can use to celebrate the feast.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: chalice, Full Homely Divinity, grapes, Mount Tabor, Transfiguration, William Reed Huntington, wine

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