{"id":5505,"date":"2014-12-16T19:52:18","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T00:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/?p=5505"},"modified":"2015-09-29T19:55:11","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T00:55:11","slug":"december-21-2014-one-person-can-make-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/december-21-2014-one-person-can-make-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"December 21, 2014&#8211;One Person Can Make a Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dennis Sepper, Tacoma, WA<\/p>\n<p><b><strong>Warm-up Question<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Do you think one person can make a difference in the world?\u00a0 Why or why not?<\/p>\n<p><b><strong>One Person Can Make a Difference<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Detroit, Michigan\u2014Every Saturday or Sunday Robby Elmers loads up the family minivan.\u00a0 Since he is only 12 years old, Robby cannot drive so his grandmother does the honors.\u00a0 They drive from their small city outside of Detroit to the center core of Motown.\u00a0 Once there Robby sets up a table filled with hot dogs, potato salad and other treats and begins to serve the homeless of Detroit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5506 size-full\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2015\/09\/IMG_3478edit.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3478edit\" width=\"250\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to the Detroit Free Press there are some 20,000 homeless people living in the Motor City.\u00a0 Some people think Robby is wasting his time and birthday and Christmas money but not Robby, &#8220;It makes me feel good to be able to help&#8221; he told the Detroit News.\u00a0 While Robby might only be 12 years old, he is giving hope to a group of people that often feels overlooked.\u00a0 &#8220;It is amazing that a child so young would be out here shaking hands, talking to everyone and caring,&#8221; Shauna Johnson, A Detroit homeless woman told the Detroit News, &#8220;Robby is right out there in front.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><strong>Discussion Questions<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do you think one person can make a difference in the world?\u00a0 Why or why not?<\/li>\n<li>Is Robby wasting his time and money?\u00a0 Why or why not?<\/li>\n<li>What is your passion\u2026something you feel God is calling you to do in this world?<\/li>\n<li>Watch this You Tube video,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ulprojectsunlight\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ulprojectsunlight<\/a>\u00a0 What do you notice about the &#8220;new leaders&#8221; shown?\u00a0 What else do you see?<\/li>\n<li>Many of you will be headed to Detroit next summer for the ELCA Youth Gathering.\u00a0 Together you will be instruments of hope to a city that is getting back on its feet after some really tough times.\u00a0 Take your passions with you and you will make a difference in the lives of the people of Detroit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><strong>Fourth Sunday of Advent<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/?ql=285222252\">2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/?ql=285222702\">Luke1:46-55 <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/?ql=285222291\">Romans 16:25-27<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/?ql=285222337\">Luke 1:26-38<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Text links are to <a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/\">Oremus Bible Browser<\/a>. 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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elca.org\/Growing-In-Faith\/Worship\/Lectionary.aspx\">Lectionary Readings<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>For lectionary humor and insight, check the weekly comic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agnusday.org\/\">Agnus Day.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><strong>Gospel Reflection<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p>In the Advent season we begin to hear and read some of the classic Christmas Bible stories.\u00a0 One has to listen or read very carefully because over the years, since Christmas is such a huge event and celebration, some embellishments of the stories have crept into the account of John the Baptist and the birth of Jesus.\u00a0 That is not a bad thing, people love the stories and they carry so much meaning that people want to help them along a bit by adding their own contributions.\u00a0 For example, we all assume that when Mary and Joseph traveled from Nazareth to Bethlehem that Mary rode on a donkey.\u00a0 It\u2019s a beautiful image which we often see in art work but you can read Luke and Matthew until your eyes turn red and you will find no mentioned of a donkey or any other method of travel.\u00a0Mary may have well walked along side Joseph!<\/p>\n<p>The same is true with today\u2019s Gospel reading.\u00a0 As you heard or read we really do not know much about Mary from this Gospel Reading.\u00a0 We know that she has found favor with God (1:30) but we are not told why; we know that she was from the small town of Nazareth (1:26) and not from the important city of Jerusalem; and we know from Matthew\u2019s account that Mary was engaged to Joseph but not yet married (Matthew 1:18).\u00a0 That is not a lot to go on but Mary (and Joseph) have a great deal to teach us by example and that is where we turn our attention to next.<\/p>\n<p>First, why did Mary find favor with God?\u00a0 Was it because she was rich or perfect or knew her Old Testament Bible verses well?\u00a0 It certainly doesn\u2019t seem so.\u00a0 What might have caused God to find favor with Mary and caused God to choose her for the privilege of giving birth to Jesus was her faith.\u00a0 The clue to that is given in Luke 1:38.\u00a0 After hearing this incredible news that God chose her to be the mother of Jesus, she responded in faith, \u201cHere am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.\u201d\u00a0 Do we have the kind of faith that allows us to say without hesitation to God, \u201cLet it be with me according to your word\u201d?\u00a0 The Holy Spirit gives us that kind of faith but sometimes we try to make excuses as to why God should choose someone else!\u00a0 The Good News here is that God chooses us out of God\u2019s grace and mercy.\u00a0 As the song \u201cI Am Yours\u201d by Casting Crowns says in addressing God \u201cNot because of who I am but because of what you\u2019ve done, not because of what I\u2019ve done but because of who you are.\u201d\u00a0 We never \u201cearn\u201d God\u2019s call; it comes to us by the Holy Spirit through the grace of God and Jesus.\u00a0 Like Mary all we have to do is stand there and say \u201cThanks!\u00a0 Yes!\u00a0 Let it be with me according to your word.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Why did God choose a woman from Nazareth and not from the center of religious and political power Jerusalem?\u00a0 You might say it was to fulfill an Old Testament prophecy but there is more at work here.\u00a0 God\u2019s choice of Mary is all a part of God\u2019s great reversal where God chooses the poor over the wealthy, the weak over the powerful, the humble over the proud, the hungry over the well fed, an unknown person from a small town over a celebrity from Washington D.C. or Hollywood.\u00a0\u00a0 Read Luke 1:46-55 which is the Psalm Reading for this Sunday.\u00a0 These are revolutionary words.\u00a0 If the Romans had heard Mary singing this song she could have been arrested or worse.\u00a0 But this is the way God works\u2026in ways we do not expect, in ways that go against the stream.\u00a0 Again, the Good News here is take a look around the room and take a look at yourself\u2026not many of us are powerful or a celebrity.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, we are never told the age of Mary but we know that women in the Middle East at that time married young.\u00a0 Most scholars who concern themselves with Mary\u2019s age say she was most likely between thirteen and sixteen years old.\u00a0 That puts her a little bit older than Robby Elmers, around the age of those in the You Tube video above and about the same age as most people who are reading or using this Faith Lens blog!\u00a0 The great prophet Jeremiah tried to use his age as an excuse to get out of the prophetic call (see Jeremiah 1:4-8) but God would have none of it.\u00a0 We are never too young and we are never too old to receive the call of God to service in the world.\u00a0 That\u2019s because the call is not rooted in us.\u00a0 The call is rooted in our baptism where God adopts us as God\u2019s children, brothers and sisters of Jesus and where God bestows on us the power of the Holy Spirit.\u00a0 Mary stands as a shining example in this season of Advent of a person who takes their faith in the Lord seriously and is ready and willing to act on that faith.\u00a0 Standing in that kind of faith in God and Christ one person can make a difference in the community they live and in the world; you and me included!<\/p>\n<p><b><strong>Discussion Questions<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Think about the traditional Christmas creche or painting of Christmas night.\u00a0 No biblical text puts all the elements in the same place, but we usually depict parents, animals, shepherds, and magi gathered around the manger. What\u00a0is the significance of\u00a0each of these\u00a0things for the\u00a0meaning of\u00a0the nativity? What does each these elements contribute to our understanding of this event.<\/li>\n<li>Some traditions regard Mary as the model of discipleship.\u00a0 If that is true, what attributes does a disciple have, based on what we know about Mary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><strong>Activity Suggestions<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p>When couples are expecting a baby they often prepare a birth announcement.\u00a0 The birth announcement not only gives us information about the child (sex, length and weight) but sometimes they include some of the parent\u2019s expectations for the child.\u00a0\u00a0Pretend for a moment that you are Mary or Joseph, how would you write a birth announcement for Jesus?\u00a0 Be as creative as you can be:\u00a0 make it song (rock, country or rap), a picture, a video, a poem (or Spoken Word), even a tweet.\u00a0 No matter what medium you choose remember to include the revolutionary words and\/or ideas in Mary\u2019s Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55).<\/p>\n<p>For inspiration you might want to take a look at the hymn \u201cCanticle of the Turning\u201d, ELW #723.\u00a0 The hymn was written by Rory Cooney (b. 1952) and is a paraphrase of the Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55).\u00a0 Cooney wrote the hymn to emphasize the radical nature of Mary\u2019s words particularly how God renders the powerful powerless and raises up the lowly.\u00a0 Even the tune chosen for this hymn reflects the radical nature of the text with its dance-like rhythm and wild flair.<\/p>\n<p><b><strong>Closing Prayer<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Almighty and merciful God, we are not worthy to come before you but instead you come to us in Jesus and you call us to be Christ\u2019s disciples in the world.\u00a0 Through your call of Mary and Joseph you proclaim to us that we are never too young or too old to be your hands and feet in our world today.\u00a0 By the Holy Spirit given to us in baptism, strengthen our faith, calm all our fears, and give us the courage to serve you and our neighbor in lives of service.\u00a0 As your sons and daughters we make a difference in this world on your behalf.\u00a0 To you be all glory and honor now and forever.\u00a0 Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dennis Sepper, Tacoma, WA Warm-up Question Do you think one person can make a difference in the world?\u00a0 Why or why not? 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