Prayer: Dear Jesus, help me to see you as you are and who you are. Let me also look upon myself and my responses about you in honesty and realization of the revelation of what is in my heart and mind as it translates into action. Strengthen me to be strong and suffer for the sake of others. May my life be to the glory of your Name and the Cross that you bore for all of humanity. Amen.
Reading: Mark 8: 27-38 (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: There is a bit in many comedy shows where they send out a reporter with a microphone and a camera person to randomly ask average people a question. The answers can be funnier than the star. They can also seem to get more and more funny as person after person gives their take on things. The reporter can add flat or sarcastic prompts, “Yes, there are 54 states in the USA, now…” “You should think for yourself, but you haven’t read it?” Imagine if the reporter turned their mic to you or me. “What about Jesus—who is he to you?” --Andrew Fitch
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