REFLECTION TWO – THE GLORY OF GOD REVEALED
Yesterday, we encountered Jesus transfigured. Together, we joined the disciples as they saw the Glory of God. At first, they wanted to stay there, but then, just as Jesus was speaking, a cloud came and they became frightened.
Why did it frighten them? What did Peter, James and John now understand that they did not understand before? I wonder how we would respond if we saw God, in all God’s glory before us? Would we bow in reverence? Would we tremble in fear?
If God is going to be revealed in our world, then it will not be because of the stories that tell us how to live; but those stories that spark the imagination causing us to question how we are to live. While the Bible is often interpreted as a bit of an instruction manual, it is really a dialogue between God and God’s people, which includes us.
However, even when we approach scripture and tradition as a dialogue, many of us get that wrong. Most often, in our educational, spiritual, private and public institutions, we are teaching and exploring dialogue as a process, when I think it is much more a way of being. It is this way of being that I am most interested in. So please tell me your story – not about what you do, but who you are becoming.