Prayer: Lord, make us the bearers of your peace. Amen
Reading: Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 (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: Sometimes I enter homes with a placard or sign of some sort that says, “Peace be with you.” Or “Peace to all who enter.” Or something similar. It’s a nice way to be greeted. Entering a home like that makes me relax expecting that here I might find respite, peace and God’s grace. All delivered, of course, by the host. In Jesus’ instructions to those sent out in today’s reading, we hear that the visitor is to speak, “Peace to this house.” Perhaps not just speak, but actually bring peace to the home and those who live there. Not that we anticipate turmoil in every home we visit, but just that we bear respite, peace and God’s grace to our hosts. Interesting. What would you think if you answered the door bell and when you opened it the person on the porch greeted you, “Peace to this house?” Or switch it around, would you have the courage if you were the visitor to greet your host, “Peace to this house?” It would seem strange, perhaps. But, in this day and age we all need God’s peace. --Jim Bricker
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