Prayer: In the midst of the stormy seas of life, help us always look to you for our strength and guidance. Remind us daily you are our Rock and our Redeemer. Amen.
Reading: Luke 12:49-56 (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: We live in interesting times. There are honest political disagreements between faithful people. Yet, it feels like we rarely are able to set aside these disagreements to do the things we can agree on. As we read the words of Luke, we see again that discord among people, among families and among people of faith is nothing new. Our call as Christians is to seek to follow Jesus, not to follow our own beliefs or leaders of the moment. This has always been hard, so we are in good company. We give thanks for Jesus death and Resurrection, it is Jesus alone we seek to follow. --Pastor Chris Mathiason
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