Following Jesus requires more than calling him Lord. It means leaving behind worldly assumptions about power, success, safety, wealth, and victory. Jesus reveals a different way through sacrificial love. Peter eventually learns this lesson, as does tFr. Casey’s example of Dolly Parton: divine values can transform how we live within the world.

Today's Readings: Jeremiah 15:15-21 | Romans 12:9-21 | Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon preached by The Rev. Casey Shobe on The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost 2026. We invite you to view the full service here.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.

At Caesarea Philippi, Jesus’ question—“Who do you say that I am?”—becomes a personal invitation to faith. Father Casey’s sermon explores grace, the limits of reason, and the necessity of commitment. Church activity alone cannot satisfy our deepest longing. The journey begins when give our heart the freedom to experience the question Jesus asks of us, confess him as Lord, and courageously take the leap into a life shaped by our answer. 

Today's Readings: Isaiah 51:1-6 | Romans 12:1-8 | Matthew 16: 13-20

Sermon preached by The Rev. Casey Shobe on The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost 2026. We invite you to view the full service here.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.

In her sermon, Mother Joy Daley explores Jesus’ encounter with a persistent Gentile woman who challenges his initial assumptions and opens him to a broader mission. Connecting this story with the healing of a deaf man, the preacher invites us to recognize our own closed ears, hearts, minds, and hands—and become open to transformation.

Today's Readings: Isaiah 56:1, 6-8 | Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 | Matthew 15: 21-28

Sermon preached by The Rev. Joy Daley on The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost 2026. We invite you to view the full service here.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.

Father Jasper’s sermon on the Feast of the Transfiguration calls Christians to encounter Christ’s glory through prayer and worship, then carry that light into a broken world. Like the moon reflecting the sun, believers have no light of their own. True discipleship means listening to Jesus, obeying him, serving others, and becoming a transformed community.

Today's Readings: Exodus 34:29-35 | 2 Peter 1:13-21 | Luke 9:28-36

Sermon preached by The Rev. Jasper Ziera on Transfiguration Sunday 11:15am 2026.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.

Father Casey points out how the Transfiguration becomes a metaphor for Christian discipleship: encountering God's deepest glory requires leaving the comfortable "base" of religion and following Jesus upward. Yet the summit may bring clouds rather than clarity. Faith is not a reward system but a grace-based journey, where both dazzling glory and uncertainty can reveal God's presence.

Today's Readings: Exodus 34:29-35 | 2 Peter 1:13-21 | Luke 9:28-36

Sermon preached by The Rev. Casey Shobe on Transfiguration Sunday 2026. We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.

Dr. George Mason’s sermon explores how God's work often unfolds slowly, yet miracles provide signs of God's coming kingdom. Through Isaiah, the feeding of the five thousand, and the Eucharist, the preacher argues that Christ's healing, abundance, and reconciliation offer enough hope to sustain faithful participation in God's ongoing redemption of the world.

Today's Readings: Isaiah 55:1-5 | Romans 9:1-5 | Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon preached by The Rev. Dr. George Mason on The Tenth Sunday of Pentecost 2026. We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.

Jesus' parables reveal that God's kingdom is often found in ordinary, overlooked, and even undesirable places. By paying attention to the mundane moments of daily life and standing with those who suffer, Christians can recognize and participate in God's reign already breaking into the world. 

Today's Readings: 1 Kings 3:5-12 | Romans 8:26-39 | Matthew 13:31-33,44-52

Sermon preached by The Rev. Alina Williams on The Ninth Sunday of Pentecost 2026. We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.

Father Casey explores Jesus' parable of the wheat and weeds through Matthew's historical context, Augustine's rejection of Donatism, and the doctrine of grace. Rather than judging others as "wheat" or "weeds," Christians are called to bear the fruit of the Spirit, trust God's judgment, and continue growing in love. He reminds us that God did not uproot any of us when we were "more weed than wheat." 

Today's Readings: Wisdom of Solomon 12:13, 16-19 | Romans 8:12-25 | Matthew 13:24-30,36-43

Sermon preached by The Rev. Casey Shobe on The Eighth Sunday of Pentecost 2026. We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.

In her sermon, Pastor JoNell reexamines the Parable of the Sower by shifting attention from the condition of the soil to the extravagant generosity of the sower. God's grace is scattered freely without discrimination, inviting all people to be transformed by God's love and to become generous sowers of that same love.

Today's Readings: Isaiah 55:10-13 | Romans 8:1-11 | Matthew 13:1-9,18-23

Sermon preached by The Rev. JoNell Lindh on The Seventh Sunday of Pentecost 2026. We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.

On the occasion of our country’s 250th anniversary, Father Casey explores the relationship between Christian and American identity, arguing that Christian faith must remain the primary reference point. Drawing on St. Gregory of Nyssa's understanding of faith as longing, it encourages believers to pursue justice and mercy while resisting nationalism and striving to help build a more perfect union.

Today's Readings: Zechariah 9:9-12 | Romans 7:15-25a  | Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 

Sermon preached by The Rev. Casey Shobe on The Sixth Sunday of Pentecost 2026. We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.