Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration Dallas

Lent 4 - God Sees Beyond the Heart

Mother Maddie reflects on Israel’s demand for a king, the flawed rise of David, and the deeper meaning of God’s choices. She challenges the belief that blessings equal righteousness and suffering equals punishment, emphasizing instead God’s grace, redemption, and the ultimate fulfillment of David’s line in Jesus Christ.
Today's Readings: 1 Samuel 16:1-13 | Ephesians 5:8-14 | John 9:1-41
Sermon preached by The Rev. Maddie Hill on the Fourth Sunday in Lent  We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.
 

Lent 3 - Breaking the Spiritual Surface

Father Casey explores Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s Well, emphasizing themes of spiritual depth, honesty, and living water. Contrasting light and darkness in John’s Gospel, it shows how Jesus crosses social barriers and invites people to go deeper beyond superficial religion into authentic worship and soul-deep transformation.
Today's Readings: Exodus 17:1-7 | Romans 5:1-11 | John 4:5–30, 39–42
Sermon preached by The Rev. Casey Shobe on the Third Sunday in Lent  We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.
 
 

Lent 2 - Coming by Night, Born from Above

Mother Rebecca explores Nicodemus’ nighttime encounter with Jesus in John’s Gospel, highlighting themes of light, darkness, surrender, and spiritual rebirth. It reframes Nicodemus’ confusion as deeply human and illustrative for us in Lent, inviting believers to embrace vulnerability, trust the Spirit, and discover that even in darkness, we are loved.
Today's Readings: Genesis 12:1-4a | Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 | John 3:1-17
Sermon preached by The Rev. Rebecca Tankersley on the Second Sunday in Lent  We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.

Lent 1 - Three Temptations and Hidden Lies

In today’s sermon, Father Casey explores Jesus’ wilderness temptations as examples of evil disguised as good: scarcity solutions, spectacular proof, and power for noble ends. It warns against deception, including church complicity with empire, and urges believers to remain close to Jesus for discernment, trusting that he has already overcome temptation 
Today's Readings: Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 | Romans 5:12-19 | Matthew 4:1-11
Sermon preached by The Rev. Casey Shobe on the First Sunday in Lent  We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.

Ash Wednesday - Lent as Spiritual Training, Not Self-Improvement

Mother Rebecca reframes Lent not as a 40-day self-improvement challenge but as a season of spiritual training. Through daily practices—prayer, fasting, repentance, Scripture, and self-examination—believers cultivate private discipline that prepares them for courageous public faith. Lent gently relocates the heart’s treasure through steady, lifelong practice.
Today's Readings: Isaiah 58:1-12 | 2 Corinthians 5:20b–6:10 | Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
Sermon preached by The Rev. Rebecca Tankersley on Ash Wednesday.  We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.
 
 

Epiphany Last - From Mountaintop Glory to the Cross

Mother Maddie explores Peter’s humanity, the Transfiguration, and the challenge of accepting a suffering Messiah. Mountaintop spiritual experiences prepare believers to serve in a broken world. True discipleship requires embracing the cross, surrendering to God’s will, and becoming living reflections of divine love through sacrificial faith and action.
Today's Readings: Exodus 24:12-18 | 2 Peter 1:16-21 | Matthew 17:1-9
Sermon preached by The Rev. Maddie Hill on the Last Sunday after the Epiphany.  We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.

Epiphany 5 - You Are Salt, You are Light

Mother Rebecca explores Jesus’ declaration that his followers already are the salt of the earth and the light of the world. It reframes righteousness as embodied love, presence, and compassion, urging believers to live out the Sermon on the Mount by bringing life, hope, and visibility to a hurting world.
Today's Readings: Isaiah 58:1-9a | 1 Corinthians 2:1-12 | Matthew 5:13-20
Sermon preached by The Rev. Rebecca Tankersley on the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany.  We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.
 
 

Epiphany 4 - The Gospel inside the Gospels

Father Casey’s sermon reflects on reading Matthew’s Gospel as a whole and highlights the Sermon on the Mount as Jesus’ central, political, and revolutionary manifesto. Centered on the Beatitudes, it contrasts the values of God’s kingdom with those of the world and calls Christians to embody mercy, peacemaking, and faithful courage despite opposition.
Today's Readings: Micah 6:1-8 | 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 | Matthew 5:1-12
Sermon preached by The Rev. Casey Shobe on the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany.  We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.
 

Epiphany 3 - Light in the Place of Darkness

Mother Maddie explores Jesus’ call of the first disciples as a revelation of God’s mission to bring light into places of deepest despair. Beginning in Zebulun and Naphtali, Jesus fulfills prophecy by gathering the lost through ordinary people, inviting all believers to become bearers of light on the long road home.
Today's Readings: Isaiah 9:1-4 | 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 | Matthew 4:12-23
Sermon preached by The Rev. Maddie Hill on the Third Sunday after the Epiphany.  We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.

Epiphany 2 - Isaiah’s Servant and the Light of Christ

Father Casey explores Isaiah’s Servant Songs and how early Christians saw them fulfilled in Jesus. This stories illuminate that God’s salvation does not rest in nations or ideals but in Christ alone. Even amid darkness and failing societies, believers find hope by living in the light of Christ. Only Christ, the Lamb, is the light of the city of God. Believers are called to hold fast to him, listen to him, follow him, and love him, trusting that his light will shine within them.
Today's Readings: Isaiah 49:1-7 | 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 | John 1:29-42
Sermon preached by The Rev. Casey Shobe on the Second Sunday after the Epiphany.  We invite you to view the full service HERE.  Learn more about our community by visiting www.transfiguration.net.