Prayer: Dear God, from heaven and earth come simple and humble seeds and deeds that bring comfort and help in hard times. Thank you. Amen
Reading: Luke 8: 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: Here is a recipe for a cold autumn evening. It’s called “Himmel und Erde”: Boil equal number of potatoes, apples, and turnips until soft. You can also add butternut squash. Drain and mash, adding lots of butter. Boiled cabbage makes a good side dish. There are more than 30 verses in Bible that refer to seeds, planting, harvesting. The translation of “Himmel und Erde" is Heaven (apples from a tree) and Earth (potatoes and turnips from the ground). Apples, turnips and potatoes; squash and cabbage are all simple and humble foods that have helped many a family through a long, cold winter. In the same way, our humblest deeds can help others through the hardest times. Your mind is a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds. You can grow flowers, or you can grow weeds. -- Alice Yeakel
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