Prayer: Dear God, I’ve closed all the doors of my mind to everything that has upset me. Now can you open the portholes of my soul to accept your beautiful peace? Amen
Reading: Luke 24: 36b-48 (Click to read text) Stop and GROW: After reading the text, discuss/ponder the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Book of Faith questions, which are part of Camp Mount Luther's GROW Time with campers. QUESTION 1: What scares, confuses, challenges, or doesn’t make sense to me in this text? QUESTION 2: What delights me in this text or is my favorite part of the story? QUESTION 3: What stories or memories does this text stir in me? QUESTION 4: What is God up to in this text? Reflection: Many, many, many (like, 43) years ago my aunt gave a book to me at my Confirmation. I still have it. Your Love is Here: Visits with God in Words and pictures by Vonda Van Dyke (1974). Yes, it’s very 70’s. Today’s text begins with a greeting of “Peace” from the risen Christ to the disciples hiding behind locked doors. Out of the blue I turned to this book for inspiration and found: I’ve closed all the doors of my mind To everything that has upset me. Now can you open The portholes of my soul To accept your beautiful PEACE? This could very well have been the prayer of those disciples. It is very well our prayer today. Amen --Ruth Gates
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