In next Sunday’s lectionary, we read about the transfiguration of Jesus. Three disciples saw him as a glorious figure, clothed in dazzling white, talking with Moses and Elijah. They understood him as connected with God (the glory) and connected with their common history (Moses and Elijah) – fulfilment of the Law and the Prophets.
But then they come down from the mountain, and Jesus is dealing with an ordinary, difficult situation, a boy who was having seizures.
I’d like my faith to include both elements… worship, hobnobbing with the Almighty; and hands-on, getting stuck in to ordinary life. It’s an aspiration.