{"id":3144,"date":"2011-12-13T07:44:12","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T12:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/?p=3144"},"modified":"2011-12-13T10:30:52","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T15:30:52","slug":"december-18-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/december-18-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"December 18, 2011&#8211;Messed Up Message?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Contributed by Scott Moore, Erfurt, Germany<\/p>\n<h3>Warm-up Question<\/h3>\n<p>When have you misunderstood someone to the point where it was either funny or embarrassing?<\/p>\n<h3>Messed Up Message?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2011\/12\/shutterstock_54864916edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3164\" style=\"margin: 5px\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2011\/12\/shutterstock_54864916edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"253\" \/><\/a>On a cell phone anywhere, U.S.A.\u2014 As cell phone technology improves and the phones themselves getting \u201csmarter\u201d with every new version, one thing seems to be struggling more than in the past: text messaging. Newer auto correct features now allow the phone to decide how the word should be finished based on the first few letters and based on entries from previous text messages. The advent of such smart technology and the \u201cfailtexts\u201d it brings with it is causing everything from a good chuckle to more serious relationship crises. Without the advantage of someone\u2019s voice to help interpret the meaning of text messages, it seems that communication is more challenging now than ever. \u201cWell, you need a sense of humor, I guess,\u201d said one seventeen-year old. Another user mused, \u201cI don\u2019t use the feature. I don\u2019t want the phone messing up my messages. It\u2019s crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, not only do the texters themselves have to pay closer attention to what they write before they hit \u201csend\u201d, but the readers have to try to be open and forgiving of miscommunications. But only if they can tell it\u2019s a fail message.<\/p>\n<h3>Discussion Questions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Survey: (please raise your hand) Do you use your text function throughout the day 5 times or less?&#8230;..6-10?&#8230;..11-25?&#8230;..26-50?&#8230;..More than 50? \u00a0\u00a0What does that number say about the you, if anything?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0What are the advantages of texting over other forms of communicating?\u00a0 What are the disadvantages?<\/li>\n<li>When have you ever missed out on something \u201cimportant\u201d to you where you were because you were texting and not able to pay attention?<\/li>\n<li>When has texting helped you be more present in someone\u2019s life?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Scripture Texts (NRSV) for Sunday, December 18, 2011 (Fourth Sunday of Advent<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/?ql=189844368\">2 Samuel 7:1-11<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/?ql=189844400\">Romans 16:25-27<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/?ql=189844436\">Luke 1:26-38<\/a><br \/>\n(Text links are to Oremus Bible Browser. Oremus Bible Browser is not affiliated with or supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. You can find the calendar of readings for Year C at Lectionary Readings.)<br \/>\nFor lectionary humor and insight, check the weekly comic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agnusday.org\">Agnus Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Gospel Reflection<\/h3>\n<p>An intimidating angel comes out of nowhere with a message for a woman on the verge of adulthood. \u201cGod really likes you. God thinks you\u2019re great.\u201d That\u2019s what it means to find favor with God. Somehow this young person got on God\u2019s radar screen. Or rather, God simply put her on the radar screen. God chose her. God\u2019s love makes her special. But somehow she didn\u2019t know it yet. Here she was going about her business of getting ready to settle down with a nice guy from her home-town and maybe start a family and make a go at this thing called life. Now this angel\u2014which comes from the Greek word for bringer of news or messenger\u2014is throwing a wrench into all their plans. A son? How? We\u2019re not trying to have kids yet. Pregnant you say? By the Holy Spirit? Uh huh.<\/p>\n<p>This is a strange beginning to a strange and overwhelming conversation with an angel of the Lord. Mary started out \u201cperplexed\u201d, out of sorts. As the story gets more surreal, she seems to get calmer. It would be easy to think that the average person would just have shut down after that kind of communication at the start. We might even respond with a polite, \u201cWell, thanks for stopping by, here\u2019s the door.\u201d But that\u2019s not what happens here. Before she finds out she will bear Jesus, the Son of the Most High God, Mary has been prepared through God\u2019s loving favor.\u00a0 God\u2019s loving favor for her precedes her being made ready for the eternal Word of God, Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>Mary is the prototypical (the first example) Christian. She is the first one to be prepared to bear Christ. In fact, she is called that in the Orthodox tradition\u2014theotokos, which means \u201cGod bearer\u201d. It is a special term for Mary as the one who bore God, in this case Jesus the Christ. But just as Mary was loved into readiness, we too are loved first by God and drawn into the message of good news of Jesus. For some that comes later in life when we are consciously aware of the message, for others that happens very early on, first in the waters of baptism, with learning about the message of Christ afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>Mary seems a little confused about the message Gabriel passes on to her from God. But Gabriel is able to clear things up. Mary gets it. Not only does she understand clearly what the message actually is but she also accepts it in faith. She offers herself to be an instrument of God\u2019s will, even though this may have meant shame and ridicule among family, friends, and neighbors. The clarity of the messenger and the message reach someone who is open for God\u2019s word. God\u2019s love, Mary\u2019s response. This is certainly something to rejoice about. And, in the next story (Luke 1:39-56), that is exactly what Mary does\u2014sings a song of praise to God for loving her and choosing her to work great things in the world.<\/p>\n<h3>Discussion Questions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>When have you been perplexed by a message someone passed on to you?<\/li>\n<li>When has someone dear to you entrusted you with an important task?<\/li>\n<li>When have you been willing to change something about your life in order to do something good for others?<\/li>\n<li>What kind of message from God would you find &#8220;perplexing?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>If the word angel simply means \u2018messenger\u2019 in Greek (the language of the New Testament), what do you think angels look like?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Activity Suggestions<\/h3>\n<p>Playing Gabriel:<\/p>\n<p>Participants create messages (either on paper, or spoken, or sent as text messages) of God\u2019s love and favor and speak them or hand them out to members of the congregation, strangers, family or friends. Some example messages: (Feel free to create your own in the same style but your own words!)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreetings, Child of God. You are special. God loves you and wants to do great things with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey there! You know what? God thinks you\u2019re alright. Keep it up. God has big plans for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHi, friend. You may not know this but God is with you. All the time. And God wants you to pass that message on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod wants you to know something. Ready? You are so loved! And, you are important.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Closing Prayer<\/h3>\n<p>O God who shows favor to the young, make your love and favor known to us. Empower us to turn and open our hearts and minds to you. Guide us to be faithful servants, like your servant Mary. Let us bear Christ in the world. We ask this in the name of the Word made flesh, Jesus Christ our Lord. 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