On top of a cloud-enshrouded Galilean mountain, God reveals His glory in the person of Jesus. What’s distressing about Jesus’ Transfiguration, is realizing His glory is directly related to a topic about which most of us spend our lives in denial: Death.
LORTON, VA • EST 1732
Messages from 2020
Please note that there were unforeseen technical difficulties during today’s service, so our livestream is not available. We apologize for the inconvenience. Rev. Alex re-recorded the sermon after the service, and it is posted below. God Bless!
Before moving up here last summer, I lived across the street from an art gallery in Hattiesburg, MS, and one day while walking around the neighborhood, I saw some unfamiliar art in the window. I went inside, and I learned that it was a Japanese form of art called Kintsugi, and it’s a remarkable method of repair…
In Romans, St. Paul personifies God’s hidden action during times of transition as a woman in labor.
“We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now, and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait.”
Reflecting on the birth image, last Sunday we pondered what God might be laboring to birth in the midst of this worldwide pandemic and civil and political unrest.