Welcome to 10-minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life

and the time it takes to get to work.

I'm Tanya Wilmeth.

The smell of coffee grounds scooped fresh out of the bag and into the coffee pot.

An on-time flight, a safe drive to school, a bluebird perched in the tree in the middle of winter,

time for an afternoon nap or stroll, a warm dinner, a restful night's sleep. Do you see God in the

ordinary? Our passage today is the part in Mark that describes the transfiguration, anything but ordinary.

Each of the Gospels gives us a look at this scene that occurred with Jesus and his three disciples, Peter, James, and John. Jesus and the disciples were traveling back toward the Sea of Galilee after Peter had declared that Jesus truly was the Messiah.

Shortly after that confession, Jesus told them the cost of following him would be

denying themselves and taking up their cross. He also told them that he must suffer and die.

The trip they were on must have been heavy, like feeling heavy with grief and answer questions

about why Jesus had to die and when it would happen. But in the middle

of this despair was the transfiguration. What does that even mean? Well, Mark writes this. After six

days, Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and led them up on a high mountain apart by themselves,

and he was transfigured before them. His clothes became shining,

exceedingly white like snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them. And Matthew adds,

His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. The light that

flowed out of Jesus' face and his clothes was white and pure.

John also says, we beheld his glory, the glory as the only begotten of the Father full of grace and truth.

This was no ordinary day. Jesus was transformed before them, and his true glory was revealed.

The disciples were able to see who he truly was,

not just their teacher, not just their friend, but the son of God, the Messiah, God in the flesh,

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