Transfiguration

Readability Chronicles: 2 Peter 1:18

January 23, 2010

Second in an occasional series comparing the readability of NKJ and ESV. The Epistle for tomorrow (Transfiguration) is 2 Peter 1:16-21. Verse 18 ESV seemed awkward, so I compared it to NKJ. ESV: We ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain. NKJ: And we heard [...]

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Preparing for the change of seasons – 2010

January 18, 2010

Reminder: traditional Lutheran congregations begin the season of Pre-Lent this year on January 31, Septuagesima. That means Transfiguration falls this year on January 24. Here are the seasonal customs for this time, from the wonderful liturgical resource Lex Orandi: The Season & Customs of Pre-Lent The three Sundays before Ash Wednesday are called Septuagesima, Sexagesima and [...]

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The importance of preparation

February 23, 2009

Lent is at our door. Are we ready? Ready for the change that God demands of us – change that should have been our program all along? Since Transfiguration Sunday on February 1, I have been consciously reminding my people, and myself, at every opportunity, that the Gesima-tide is our time to prepare for and [...]

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Transfiguration

February 7, 2009

I’m posting this rather late; Transfiguration this year was on February 1.   Myth. Fable. Fraud. Such is the verdict that so-called intellectuals issue regarding the birth, miracles, and resurrection of Jesus. Certainly the Transfiguration would fall under the same condemnation. Jesus’ face shining like the sun? His clothes as white as the light? Moses [...]

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Glory from all eternity

January 31, 2009

I’d post this on the Historic Lectionary blog, but I need the Logomaniac to up my permissions (hint hint). St. Ephraem on the Transfiguration: He took them therefore up to the mountain, that He might show them His Kingdom, before they witnessed His suffering and death; and His glory before His ignominy: so that when [...]

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