Comments on: The transfiguration- what? http://sjalexandria.org/wordpress/2007/11/the-transfiguration-what/ Thoughts from our faith community about life Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:46:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Katherine Hayes http://sjalexandria.org/wordpress/2007/11/the-transfiguration-what/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Katherine Hayes Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:04:59 +0000 http://sjalexandria.org/wordpress/?p=75#comment-29 In discussing this passage of Mark, James talked about Peter's reaction to the transfiguration....of wanting to build tents on the mountaintop. For him, Peter's words were an expression of Peter's desire to hold on to that moment in time...to stay on the mountain top. There have been times in my faith journey when I want to "live in the moment,"...when things are going so well, when I feel so close to God, and when I feel like I'm really fulfilling Jesus' calling for us to love each other unconditionally and to show that love to others. There are other times, however, when despite my best efforts, either because I've been focused on other concerns in my life for too long...family concerns...concerns about things that are work related...or during trying times with my friends...and I feel unable to love myself or anyone else....and I know that it shows. I've been trying to think of some sort of trigger that can remind me of a time when I've felt particularly close to God...to help me recapture that moment in time and restore the feeling of closeness to God. I'm going to try using loud noises a trigger to bring me back to those moments...a siren, a jackhammer, someone honking in traffic. Hopefully that will help. Would love to hear if others have suggestions. In discussing this passage of Mark, James talked about Peter’s reaction to the transfiguration….of wanting to build tents on the mountaintop. For him, Peter’s words were an expression of Peter’s desire to hold on to that moment in time…to stay on the mountain top.

There have been times in my faith journey when I want to “live in the moment,”…when things are going so well, when I feel so close to God, and when I feel like I’m really fulfilling Jesus’ calling for us to love each other unconditionally and to show that love to others.

There are other times, however, when despite my best efforts, either because I’ve been focused on other concerns in my life for too long…family concerns…concerns about things that are work related…or during trying times with my friends…and I feel unable to love myself or anyone else….and I know that it shows.

I’ve been trying to think of some sort of trigger that can remind me of a time when I’ve felt particularly close to God…to help me recapture that moment in time and restore the feeling of closeness to God. I’m going to try using loud noises a trigger to bring me back to those moments…a siren, a jackhammer, someone honking in traffic. Hopefully that will help. Would love to hear if others have suggestions.

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