Summary: 2 Peter 1: 16-21 and Mt 17: 1-9. We live in a culture that tends to police extraordinary experiences – we have moments of feeling truly awestruck, moments of amazement, and yet our culture tells us that we shouldn’t share those moments unless we can academically and logically explain what happened. But, our text today speaks to the opposite and gives us permission not only to have those extraordinary moments but to share them. It acknowledges that a wild thing happened and amazement is not the enemy of knowledge - Amazement should accompany it – because this is how hope shines through. Therefore, might it be that we, aware of Christ’s ability to break through to amazement, seek to serve in love in hope of being amazed by God’s presence in the world over and over again?
