Amazingly, Grayson Warren Brown in this lecture compares the Transfiguration story from Luke with Star Trek! The story of the Transfiguration presents a glorious scene on the mountain top. But we can’t stay there; we have to go down the mountain and follow Jesus.
Grayson Brown centers on one scene in Star Trek where Captain Kirk asks Captain Jean-Luc Picard if he is about to retire. He tells him not to do so—“You can make a difference!” That is the message to all of us. When God says “Whom Shall I Send?” our answer should be – “Here I am , Lord. Send me.”