WORSHIP WITH US on Sunday, February 15, at 10:15 a.m.

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Martin Noth, one of the great, mid-century German Old Testament scholars, wrote of the account of Moses from the book of Exodus that we’ll hear this morning: “This story is hard to assess.”

And Fred Craddock, a widely respected preacher and teacher of preachers, said of the story from the Gospel of Matthew: “There’s not much here that relates to our world.”

I like it when scholars talk like this. It means that I am not alone in my confusion. It means that you are not alone, if, after listening to the scripture lessons this morning, you were asking yourself: “What was that all about?”

Let’s be honest. There is no immediate connection between these stories and our lives. There is no advice on how to deal with people. There is no immediate connection between these stories and our lives at home or work or school.  We can’t draw quick lessons about how to deal with ICE or how to live with the daily degradation of values and principles we long thought inviolable.

Maybe that’s for the best. These “hard to assess” stories ask us to stay with them just a little while longer.

 Scripture Lessons: Exodus 24:12-18; Matthew 17:1-9

Sermon: “Listening to Jesus, Looking at the World”

The Rev. Bill Lovin preaching

Anthem:          “Anthem for Transfiguration”                      Paul W. Hofreiter

No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here.