Prayer: In the glow, warmth and comfort of a campfire, consuming God, guide, inspire and strenthen us to transform our communities. Amen
Reading: Hebrews 12: 18-29 (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: The text today talks of fire - a blazing fire; a consuming fire. One of my favorite things about Camp Mount Luther is the campfires. Now, with backyard firepits, campfires are common at home, too. Something about the light, heat and calming feeling of sitting transforms us. We talk. We laugh. We sing. We sit quietly and listen. To the sound of the fire. To the sounds around us. To the still small voice inside transforming us so that we may transform our communities. It has been a good summer at Camp Mount Luther and at off-site day camps where we learned about transforming communities though generosity, inclusion, compassion, justice and forgiveness. If God is like a consuming fire, let us be consumed with transforming our communities with His love. -- Ruth Gates
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