What Comes After the Mountaintop?

“I think, I hope, that we all get at least one mountaintop experience in our lifetimes. And maybe, hopefully? more than one. But the reality is also that mountaintop experiences can’t last forever. We all have to come down from the mountain eventually. It’s not coincidental that Transfiguration Sunday always falls on the Sunday before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. It is a stark reminder that the journey that takes us to the mountaintop also leads us through the valley. We know there will be challenges, pain and loss, difficult choices, times when we know fear and despair. But our experiences of God on the mountaintop can hopefully serve as reminders, as touchstones, so that we can continue to trust that God is with us in the valley.”

Meditation by Rebecca Avery-Quinn, preacher

Sunday, February 15, 2026