Prayer: Dear God, we are your children with a message to share right where we are. Thank you for your love. Amen
Reading: John 1: 6-8, 19-28 (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: Having already written something about John last week (Remember how I ended it with: So, to get through another month of 2020, pretend you are John the Baptizer. Masked and socially distanced, share the Good News. I think I shall now go have a cup of tea with honey.), here I am a week later reading and writing about John again. While last week the emphasis was on John’s unusual clothes and eating habits (locusts and wild honey) and Good News, this week it seems the big question is, “Who are you?” Vaguely verses 6-8, while naming him John, then go into a bit about how he is a witness to testify to the light but is not the light because the true light was still coming. It’s no wonder, by verse 19 everyone – priests, Levites, Pharisees – are asking, “Who are you?” Does John give a clear answer? Of course not. Well, not clear to them at least. Just the message of the Lord which he clearly says is not him but who still coming. Then it all wraps up with where John was – in Bethany across the Jordan River. Who are you? What is your message? Where are you as you are sharing it? We are all children of God. We can all share the Good News of Jesus. Right where we are. I happen to be in Fairport, NY on the Erie Canal. I think I shall have another cup of tea with honey. --Ruth Gates
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