I will be participating in a Lenten devotional blog. Here is my first post.
Welcome to Many but One! Now that you have had a chance to get to know everyone I am excited to start us off this devotional blog.
It is very tempting for me to post my sermon here, since we are using the daily readings as our guide during this Lenten Season. But I won’t do that 
I want to take our times on Sunday preparing ourselves for the upcoming week, looking at themes in the texts, or questions that might not get preached on.
Luke 9:28-43
This week I want to ask the question – why transfiguration before Lent?
The Book of Common Prayer collect for the Last Sunday after the Epiphany suggests why the Transfiguration of Our Lord is celebrated when it is:
O God, who before the passion of your only-begotten Son revealed his glory upon the holy mountain: Grant to us that we, beholding by faith the light of his countenance, may be strengthened to bear our cross, and be changed into his likeness from glory to glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
(Book of Common Prayer according to the use of the Episcopal Church, 1979, page 217. Book of Common Prayer is public domain material.)
Transfiguration is the bridge from Jesus’ public ministry and the passion of Jesus.
Transfiguration for me is change. The disciples changed the way they saw Jesus, they changed the way they saw God. What kind of change is in my during this Transfiguration Sunday?
Lent for me is also about change. It is about the journey that I take with Jesus, to the cross. During Lent I do try to invoke change in my life. I don’t go crazy about it, sometimes I am successful, other times I am not. But for me it is about the journey.
I hope you continue to journey with us during this Lenten season. I pray that you feel the spirit in your life as you embark on change.
Let us pray:
Good and gracious God, we join the disciples at on the mountain top as you show yourself to the world. Shine in our hearts and on our lives as we journey together this Lenten seasons. We thank you for giving us the opportunity to gather both near and far – to come together as your beloved children, as a community of faith. Sustain us, lead us, and let us know of your love in our lives. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen
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