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Making It Preach
The transfiguration of Jesus was an awesome event filled with theological meaning, but how does it affect the person in the pew? Here is a woman who, like some of them, is struggling with the dissonance between the mystery of God and her rational mind. The transfiguration was confirmation for Peter, James, and John that Jesus was Son of God. Simon Peter's wife grapples with how knowledge of Jesus' true identity should, and actually would, affect her faith and life. With the amount of information provided by science and technology today, there is a tendency to shrink mystery into the category of a problem to which the answer is not yet discovered. Yet, the explosion of interest in our society dealing with spirituality points to new generations that are less afraid of mystery. Therefore, discussion about Christ's divinity and the mystery of the Holy Spirit among us is important in pointing people beyond living a "good life" toward...
This Transfiguration Sunday drama, Perched On The Edge Of Heaven, is based on Matthew 17:1-9 and relates to Transfiguration Sunday of Cycle of the lectionary. This drama is excerpted from the book Women In The Wings. SermonSuite offers online sermons and professionally published sermons, lectionary sermons, non-lectionary sermons, children's sermons, sermon illustrations, Stories, preaching resources, sermons on prayer, prayers, Christian drama, lectionary preaching, lectionary workbooks and homilies. ...
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