Today's gospel is the story of the Transfiguration, in which Jesus appears to the disciples alongside Elijah and Moses. Pastor Jonathan relates to us the story of a rainy, gray week early in his ministry, during which he had to fly to St. Louis while preparing a message for for that Transfiguration Sunday. He noted how the scene out the plane window transformed from gray skies to bright blue and clear as the plane rose, much like the message of hope in Jesus and the resurrection. Much like the disciples witnessed on the mountaintop.