My friend Mike sent me some thoughts as he prepared a Transfiguration sermon, noting that after the glorious, fear-inspiring vision, Jesus touches the disciples. This detail, which is only in ...

Here, from Matthew 17, is the event Christians commemorate ... short reflection on the meaning of the Transfiguration: The glory of Christ on Mount Tabor embodies a joy that is unspeakable.

I haven’t stopped thinking about an essay I read 15 years ago when I was in seminary. My pastoral life has been a decadelong conversation with Peter Dula’s “Fugitive Ecclesia,” a chapter from his ...

This is one of the most dramatic events recorded in Matthew’s Gospel and reveals the true identity of Jesus. The word ‘transfigure’ means to change or be transformed. In this event Jesus ...

"And he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light" (Matthew 17:2 ... is Matthew's account of the Transfiguration, an event that is noted ...

THE transfiguration ... do not give a consistent description. Matthew and Mark tell us that Jesus took Peter, John, and James up to the mountain; but these Evangelists do not include a purpose ...