Prayer: Speak Lord, your servant is listening. Your humility is my guide and your confident love is my path. Be ever with me, for surely I will not stay in this way for very long. Move me to serve, share, and speak your love. Let it be so in accordance with your Word, King Jesus.
Reading: John 18:33-37 (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 world scares me. Jesus confronting Pilate has always struck me with such uncomfortableness. He could have just walked out of the palace and no one could have touched him. Yet, he chose to confront someone who barely listened in a position of great power. The world and it’s rich and often corrupt leaders have so much power. They don’t consider the needs of the poor and weak. Yet, there Jesus sits there speaking the truth, officially beginning the movement of Gospel justice. Yes, there is a part of me that knows the story like an old beloved movie and I want to shout like I am watching a horror movie, “What are you doing?! Don’t stay there! Get out of there! You’re going to get killed!” I imagining him turning his head ever so slightly to look to me and thought whispering into my heart, “I know the Way of life. Take heart. Do not be afraid.” Let your love reign in me. You know the Way so much better than I do. You lead with the most genuine path of love. --Andrew Fitch
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