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When we don’t want to listen to Jesus
What they will deduce from the story is that Jesus’s appearance changed. And then the second sentence is: And that’s it.
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The Fear Blocks Them
What these three disciples witness on the mountaintop is beyond most of our comprehension. And we, too, focus on the wrong things.
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What you see and what you get
In the Transfiguration, Jesus’s change frightens the disciples because the spectacle itself marks a change in their reality.
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Between the Fifth and Last Sunday of Epiphany (Year B)
The mountaintop event is saturated with the disciples’ confusion. And is the crux of what happens after they come down the mountain.
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So many opportunities
The undercurrent of the early ministry of Jesus is how much opportunity he sees in what is to follow. And in how many see the same.
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Keep it about the Good News—for Epiphany 5B
When we read about Jesus’s exorcizing of demons, many of us focus on belief and facts, rather than the message Jesus shares.
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Silencing the demons
What do we give up when we let evil speak? When we let evil be the only voice? Aren’t we trying to do good in this world?
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Between the Fourth and Fifth Sunday of Epiphany (Year B)
In Jesus’s visit to Capernaum, we are confronted with our own stuff about the world. But the context offers us a different look at things.