Kimberlee Conway Ireton

The story of the Transfiguration is one of my favorites in all of Scripture—and it’s the Gospel reading for the second Sunday of Lent. Lucky me: in my church tradition, we celebrate the Transfiguration of Jesus on the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (other traditions celebrate Transfiguration on August 6), which means I get to read [...]

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This first Sunday of Lent, we read Mark’s account of Jesus’ baptism. I thought it interesting that only after Jesus’ baptism did he see the Spirit descend and hear the Father’s voice proclaiming his identity as “my Son, the Beloved.” So, in a sense, Jesus is “dying” to his identity as simply the carpenter’s son, [...]

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