This sermon explores the Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1–9) through ancestral remembrance, biblical exegesis, and practical discipleship. Honoring Moses and Elijah, it reveals how Jesus fulfills the Law and the Prophets while offering guidance for living faithfully in a turbulent world—with resurrection hope, moral courage, and spiritual wisdom.

The script from today’s Dissertation (PROPOSAL) Defense—unanimously approved without deliberation. It's been unofficial for a few months…but I'm officially an ABD Ph.D. Candidate.

“Egypt and the Promise of Refuge” is a Christmas sermon rooted in Matthew 2 that centers the nativity story on displacement, protection, and survival. Rather than treating the flight into Egypt as a minor detail, the message focuses on Jesus entering the world as a child threatened by political violence and preserved through refuge. Through a close reading of Matthew 2, the sermon presents Egypt as a place of shelter and preservation, highlighting how the survival of the Christ child depended on the protection and hospitality of unnamed people amid political violence. The sermon calls listeners to trust God as a refuge, to care for their own spiritual well-being, and to practice love for neighbors—especially the vulnerable—as central to the meaning of Christmas.