- From the Jewish Scriptures: Exodus 34:29-35
- Psalm 99 (VU p.819)
- From the Gospel: Luke 9:28-36
The hymns this week are:
- #371 Open My Eyes, That I May See
- #585 Jesus Bids Us Shine
- #104 We Have Come at Christ’s Own Bidding
- This Little Light of Mine (insert)
The Sermon title is Shine On!
Early Thoughts: It has been said that we all carry a spark of the Divine light. What would it take to let it shine?
Both of our passgaes this week talk about people shining. Moses in the desert and Jesus on the mountain top. IS this shining a literary device? Or is it something else? IS it a way of noticing that someone has been changed, even if the viewers have trouble describing just how?
What do Moses and JEsus hve in common in these stories? THey both start to shine when they are in relationship with God. Moses removes the veil that masks his shining when going to commune with GOd. Jesus starts to shine when he is praying. COuld it be that GOd is shining through them?
It is my belief that part of what we are called to do and be is to connect with the Divine in our lives. WE need to fan the spark that lives within us, we need to access it's spiritual-psychic energy. But we can't stop there. THe moments when we feel the spark glowing in us are often called "mountain-top moments". ANd it is tempting to stay there in the glow.
But we can't. AS much as we are called to be in relationship with the Divine, we are also called to share the glow with the world around us. WE are called to shine in the dark places of people's lives. We are called to be light to the world. In short, we are called to shine on. To do that we need to access the light, to make it a part of us. Then we can leave the sanctuary and go back into the world where our living and our ministering happens.
--Gord
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