Readings for Transfiguration Sunday, 3/6/11 Exodus 24:12-18, Psalm 99, 2 Peter 1:16-21, Matthew 17:1-9 Exodus 24:12-18: "The Lord was like a devouring fire." How do you see God? How does God appear to you? The people in Ancient Israel saw God in such concrete ways. New Testament folks saw God concretely in a different sense: embodied in Christ. We still see God as incarnated in Christ, but how else do we speak of God, see God concretely in our world? going up the mountain - we talk a lot about mountain-top experiences - places where we feel "high on life" and maybe high on God. What did Moses feel up on the mountain with God? What has been a mountain-top experience for you? Forty days and forty nights! My mountain-top times rarely are so long. We forget being close with God and how God spoke to us so quickly, don't we? I think of The Chronicles of Narnia , as always, The Silver Chair this time (C.S. Lewis) where Jill is hearing The Signs from Aslan on t
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