The Light in Every Thing

“The Road to Glory” - Episode 24 in the series, “Letter to the Ephesians”

The Seminary of The Christian Community Season 4 Episode 36

In the ancient world, glory was the crowning achievement of a life—to test oneself against the best of the best and come out on top; to risk your life for your people on the battlefield against a common enemy and to triumph. To seek glory was to seek eternity: to be known throughout the land and through the ages. But what is the glory that is bestowed on us from “the Father of Glory”? When we consider rightly the long arc of human becoming, the human longing for glory can be understood differently through Paul’s letter to the Ephesians (Ephesians 1:15-23). Then, when the eyes of our heart are opened, we can see that true glory is gifted from the One who is himself radiant, selfless love. It is a gifting of a new selfhood, a glory that flows to us from the divine Father. Then a longing grows within us to shine His light into the world for the sake of another.


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