Prayer: Come into my world, Lord. Let the same mind be in me that was in Christ. Amen
Reading: Philippians 2: 5-11 (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: A favorite author of mine talks of her mind (on a bad day) being tuned to a radio station whose call letters would not be appropriate for a GROW Time writing. Another analogy is from a book I read that speaks of the different rooms our minds can go into; some very unhappy or angry. But perhaps my favorite understanding of a hurting mind comes from Amy Grant’s song “Come into My World.” Listen here: https://youtu.be/GncIr33Eza4 So, what can we do? Tune our minds to a different radio station? Go to a different room that is a bit happier and more content? Or, as Amy sings, invite someone into our world who is brave? Someone who loves. What is your world like, particularly after this year of pandemic? Messy rooms? Scattered pearls? Lovely from the outside but dark inside? Doorway so overgrown with vines that it cannot be found? Love will find a way. Love is brave. And “Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 2: 5). Invite someone in. Invite Christ in. --Ruth Gates
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