Second Sunday in Lent (Year C, RCL)

I’m now a half-time “missional coach” to a six-church parish. I have many questions.

What Peter, James, and John see on the mountain cannot be neatly packaged for resale.

Having cats did not prepare our family for chickens.

If God is our salvation and stronghold, why are we just as vulnerable as anyone else?

As my father was dying, I saw God’s radiant face more clearly.

It’s not possible to parent without experiencing risk, weakness, pain, and transformation.

Need words of confidence? Start with Psalm 27.

“If the gospel isn’t good news to the women in the passage, is it still good news?”

Is the fox cunning and clever, or is it wily and untrustworthy?

In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus—like Moses and Elijah—is a figure of departure.

God’s presence transfigures here, now, in the familiar.

Do antisemitic appeals to the Bible always constitute an abuse of scripture? Would that it were so simple.

When we hear Jesus retort, “Tell that fox….,” we have to keep in mind the litany of intersections between Jesus, his followers, and the Herodian dynasty.

The thing Peter needs is right there in front of him.

Prophecy is a job not for the comfortable but for the afflicted.

Jesus’ transfiguration should have implications for how its witnesses will live.

The church is made of people. But they need a home.