Prayer: Gracious God, thank you for all you have given us. Let us be forever grateful. Let us remember we are here to share your love and serve others. Let us not worry about honor and glory. Help us strive to be like Jesus. Amen.
Reading: Mark 10:35-45 (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: As I read the text for today I think that John and James had some nerve to ask to be seated in the seats of honor beside Jesus. I would have been like the rest of the disciples and would have been quite angry. Jesus as usual has a response that makes the disciples think - which I think is very helpful. Any good teacher needs to have the knowledge to impart, but also needs to get their students to think on their own. Jesus’ response talks of baptism, communion, and serving others. To be great one must be wiling to serve others. I think all great leaders must be able to get down in the trenches with those they are leading. At camp no one is too great to clean a bathroom. I fell that a leader should not ask anyone to do something that they are not willing to do themselves. Let us not squabble over who is greater then one another, but let us serve one another as Jesus served those around him. --Charlene Rineer
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