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The Rev. Robert Chase
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Mountaintops and Intersections

Luke 9:28-36

Transfiguration Sunday - Year C

February 10, 2013

The Rev. Robert Chase (other)

"I have been to the mountaintop," said Dr. King, and even people who live in low-lying seacoast towns know what he was referring to. The image of the mountaintop runs through Scripture as that place where the human experience touches the Divine, that symbolic place where God is present and mere mortals can catch a glimpse of ultimate truth. And so we fondly recall those mountaintop experiences that happen on retreat or at church camp, upon some extraordinary accomplishment or in some exotic destination--where the cares of this world seem to recede and we are better able to understand who we are and why we are here on this planet. What were your mountaintop experiences? What insights did you gain? How did those moments change your life?

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The Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Lewis
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The Fountain of Life

Psalm 36:5-10

2nd Sunday after Epiphany - Year C

January 20, 2013

The Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Lewis (other)

On a surprisingly warm-for-Chicago April day, our fourth-grade teacher took us to a nature preserve just outside the city. Mr. Smith was a sensitive, tall African-American man who had gone to teacher's college in Mississippi with my Aunt Verline. While we had lunch outside, Mr. Smith took a call inside the park office. With tears streaming down his crumpled face, he told us that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., had been assassinated.

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