• When we don’t want to listen to Jesus

    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.

  • The Fear Blocks Them

    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.

  • What you see and what you get

    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.

  • Between the Fifth and Last Sunday of Epiphany (Year B)

    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.

  • Seeing the Bigger Picture

    Seeing the Bigger Picture

    There is so much unsaid in the text. We’ll miss how powerful it is. And how much we already assume is just clearly there.

  • The Seductive Trap of Modernism

    The Seductive Trap of Modernism

    The greatest mistake of the postmodern era is thinking we have let go of modernist thinking. But it is still everywhere.

  • Generations

    Generations

    Episode 65 of the Make Saints podcast

  • So many opportunities

    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.