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Sunday, February 25, 2018

The Church's Springtime ~ The Transfiguration Light



This isn't a mistake but a detail of a Russian icon of the Transfiguration. Even the mountain is sparkling with the light of the Transfiguration. In the radiant Christ - all light - we witness the Glory of God breaking through: the energies of God, the beauty of God, the abundance of God's presence. Are we known as the religion of light? Not the religion of candle-lighters, but of personal light? God made us for light.

first light
daylight
twilight
sunlight

moonlight
starlight
lamp light
speed of light

bright light
low light
dim light
candle light

fire light
red light
green light
satellite

subtle light
search light
spot light
stage light

head light
tail light
brake light 
sky light

God started it all when God said, "Let there be light."
God's own light!
And soon we'll sing, Christ our light,
as the great candle is carried up the aisle,
and lifted up as from a tomb
to fill the room,
while we ask for Christ to lead us
out of this present darkness
of barbarism,
death,
distrust,
dissatisfaction,
caused by human folly,
to an Easter of life
lived authentically,
generously,
beautifully ~
as Christ lived his.