Sunday 26th February 2017 - Transfiguration and encouragement
May I speak in the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Firstly, a confession, a few years ago, I had a mountain top moment. Before anyone gets concerned though, if it had been anything like what happened in our Gospel reading, I’d probably be like Peter, building a shelter instead of listening and taking in the experience. So, I’m not saying I had a personal encounter with God on that day in the same way as the apostles, but the experience has stayed with me and I’d like to share it with you. About ten years ago, I joined a mountaineering club in Scotland and met up with them a couple of times a year to try and climb some hills over 3000 feet, munro’s. On this occasion, it was a dark, snowy March weekend in the highlands. The first day had been too windy to walk on the tops, so we trudged to see a waterfall and then forced ourselves to find a pub to dry off in. Gairich from across Lock Quoich The next day was drier and I was invite