Mark 9 – Jackson Community Church

Reflections on the theme of transfiguration from Mark 9

By jacksonnhccPosted on February 5, 2018Posted in Home, Justice & Activism, Weekly MeditationsTagged Abraham Joshua Heschel, Black Elk, Carl Jung, change, chnage, Cornel West, Desmond Tutu, elijah, George Bernard Shaw, Geraldine Brooks, glory, gospel, Gospel of Mark, hafix, Harriet Tubman, Henry Clay Trumbull, jesus, John O'Donohue, Jonathan Edwards, joseph campbell, Marianne Williamson, Mark 9, Max Beckmann, Moses, mountaintop, Pope Francis, Rainer Maria Rilke, Richard Rohr, transfiguration, transformation, Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov, W.H. Auden, William Wordsworth

We consider a story of transformation from Mark 9, echoing stories of Moses and Elijah and Daniel, wherein we glimpse a transcendence that changes everything. What do you want to change in your life? In this world? What is powerful enough to initiate transformation within you?

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