Read Luke 9:28-43 with your family.

Transfiguration Sunday is the name we give the Sunday before Lent begins. It has that name because this is the time in our Biblical story this is where the change happens, where God lets people know that Jesus is the one we should be listening to. And see how there is great respect between all three men? It isn’t that Jesus is good and the other two are bad, or that they don’t matter anymore, or that we shouldn’t listen to what Moses and Elijah have to say. It means that Jesus has the same message said in a different way that now needs to be heard directly.

It is no longer just about following religious rules or hearing about what is coming, it is about changing who we are to be the people God trusts with making the world a better place.

And everyone is able to hear that message, whether they go on to call themselves “Christian” or not. The title doesn’t matter, only the action matters.