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The Transfiguration, a mysterious and dramatic revelation at the heart of our Gospel story this week, allows us to see Jesus — and ourselves — as we truly are.

“Loving one’s enemy does not mean acquiescence to the powers that be,” writes Summerlee Staten. “We see this in the witness of Jesus himself, who did not shy away from speaking truth to power, and who spent the bulk of his ministry . . . healing the sick, caring for the poor, and including the disinherited.”

In our Scripture this week, “Jesus subverts our expectations and invites us to see blessing a different way,” writes the Rev. Yein Kim, “one that is not dependent on external circumstances.”

Jesus encourages his followers to “make a small but ultimately upending shift in their approach to life: from an attitude of scarcity to a practice of abundance,” writes the Rev. Matthew Welsch. “[They] join him in his mission of sharing the love of God not only with some people but with everyone they meet.”

The Congregational Nominating & Leadership Development Committee is pleased to place on the ballot the persons listed below for election to five positions on the Congregational Council.

“In this world there is danger and pain and, yes, goodness. But God can be found in all of it,” writes the Rev. Yein Kim. Seeking God in every circumstance — especially the places we are most vulnerable — is the only way we can be at peace.

It’s easy to think the Bible has little to do with our day-to-day lives. But “the Bible contains the record of humanity’s interaction with God across the millennia,” writes the Rev. Matthew Welsch. “And God has always called God’s people to do the same things: feed the hungry, care for the sick, and liberate the oppressed.”

Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe and President of the House of Deputies Julia Ayala Harris comment on the President’s immigration directives.

In an exclusive interview, the renowned poet Christian Wiman reflects on how “wonder — at love, at beauty, at the fact that we are alive at all” can sustain us in even the most difficult times. Wiman joins Trinity Talks soon.

When we follow Jesus’s countercultural example, resistance to evil looks radically different. “Hate for hate only intensifies the existence of hate . . . in the universe,” preached Martin Luther King Jr. So, even when it costs us, we forgive others as God has forgiven us. “Impossible love like this,” writes Kathy Bozzuti-Jones, “has the power to charge a brutal world with holiness.”