{"id":761,"date":"2009-12-01T14:52:21","date_gmt":"2009-12-01T19:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/?p=761"},"modified":"2009-12-01T17:24:07","modified_gmt":"2009-12-01T22:24:07","slug":"december-2-9-2009-preparing-a-way-for-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/december-2-9-2009-preparing-a-way-for-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"December 2-9, 2009 &#8211; Preparing a Way for Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Contributed by <em>Scott A. Moore<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Warm-up Question<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>When have you ever helped someone who was \u201cstuck?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Preparing a Way for <em>Spirit<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-790\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px;\" title=\"rover_low_angle_200\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2009\/12\/rover_low_angle_200.jpg\" alt=\"rover_low_angle_200\" width=\"180\" height=\"144\" \/>The National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) along with Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL) and some partners from other countries around the world have been working diligently to find a way out for a stuck Mars rover named <em>Spirit<\/em>. <em>Spirit<\/em> has been stuck for over six months now in an area where the ground is made up of very fine, soft sand. The six wheels (one of them has not been working properly for quite a while now) cannot seem to get the traction needed to move forward in any significant way. NASA is not giving up on <em>Spirit<\/em>, which along with its twin, <em>Opportunity<\/em>, has continued to function well for five years longer than the originally planned mission of three months. Teams here on earth are working with sample rovers in artificially created environments trying to recreate the actual conditions in order to find the perfect solution\u2026to find a way out. Some of the attempts range from trying various wheel directions and speeds, to having <em>Spirit<\/em> try to dig itself out with its robotic arms. Just before the Thanksgiving Day weekend, <em>Spirit<\/em> was commanded to move its wheels forward. NASA indicated that the rover completed a spin which should have equaled a total of 13 feet. The rover actually only moved 0.2 inches forward, 0.1 inches to the left, and 0.1 inches further down into the sand.<\/p>\n<p>To follow the story\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/marsrovers.nasa.gov\/home\/index.html\">http:\/\/marsrovers.nasa.gov\/home\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is it worth the time and effort for NASA to get <em>Spirit<\/em> unstuck?<\/li>\n<li>When should someone call it quits and move on?<\/li>\n<li>Have you ever wanted to help someone else get \u201cunstuck?\u201d If you tried to do something, how did that go?<\/li>\n<li>What kinds of situations frustrate you the most?<\/li>\n<li>When have you been \u201cstuck\u201d in a situation where someone else kept trying to help you?<\/li>\n<li>Where in your life, in your congregation\u2019s life, could you use a little \u201cpush\u201d to move forward?<\/li>\n<li>Who are the people in your life, who are usually able to help you move forward?<\/li>\n<li>How are they able to help you best?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture Texts (NRSV) for Sunday, December 6, 2009 (Second Sunday of Advent)<\/h3>\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\u00a0C at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elca.org\/Growing-In-Faith\/Worship\/Lectionary.aspx\">Lectionary Readings<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For lectionary humor and insight, check the weekly comic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agnusday.org\/\">Agnus Day<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/?ql=126682965\">Malachi 3:1-4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/?ql=126683002\">Luke 1:68-79 (78)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/?ql=126683033 \">Philippians 1:3-11<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/?ql=126683065 \">Luke 3:1-6<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Gospel Reflection<\/h3>\n<p>In the sandy Judean desert, a voice communicates a message of action. The word of God comes to John, son of Zechariah and cousin of a man named Jesus of Nazareth. John is called to go and preach a \u201cbaptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.\u201d The voice of the prophet Isaiah is quoted as the guiding principle of what John is doing. He is preparing the way of the Lord. He is making the Lord\u2019s paths straight. Valleys filled, mountains and hills brought low. Crooked made straight and rough made smooth. He is eliminating every possible barrier between the Lord and the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0A \u201cbaptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.\u201d This seems to be the method to remove every barrier. Repentance seems to be the manner of preparing the way of the Lord. Repentance often sounds to us like simply saying sorry. There is certainly an emotional part to repentance but it is much, much more than that. Repentance in the New Testament is based on a word which means \u201cto change one\u2019s mind.\u201d Repentance is seeing things in a new way, turning towards that new way, and living in that new way. \u00a0John\u2019s baptism of repentance is a calling, and a gift of God. It is a call to be washed and set on a new path. It is a call to conversion. This call to repentance is a setting of our thoughts and actions in the Lord\u2019s direction. Not only are we to be turned toward him, but we are to be turned to face the same direction our Lord faces.<\/p>\n<p>Repentance means having our minds turned away from ourselves and our often selfish ways and to be shaped by God\u2019s mind. It is seeing the world with God\u2019s eyes. Perceiving and acting in love for the world and for our neighbor.<\/p>\n<p>Being turned in repentance seems like an easy task. John called for a once and for all repentance. Our reality is often much different than that. We are often called by the voice of God to turn in the right direction, but find ourselves stuck and only able to move in tiny increments.\u00a0 Or, we try so hard to turn ourselves that we overshoot our goal. God is very patient with us. Again and again God calls us to the way. A way of love, a way of sacrifice, a way of Christ.<\/p>\n<p>Our repentance\u2014never perfect, and never permanent\u2014locates us in the central drama of Advent:\u00a0 preparing the way of the Lord. In the world, and in our real lives. To that we can only say\u2014\u201cAmen. Come, Lord Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What does God\u2019s \u201cway\u201d look like?<\/li>\n<li>When are you most comfortable living in that \u201cway?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>When have you had real difficulties seeing things with a godly mind?<\/li>\n<li>When have you been successful at getting temporarily unstuck?<\/li>\n<li>What helps you in your own \u201cchanging of your mind\u201d or repentance?<\/li>\n<li>What makes it difficult for you?<\/li>\n<li>Who helps you to repent?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Activities<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Preparing the Way of the Lord for Others<br \/>\n<\/strong>Here is a list of ideas your group might try in order to prepare the way of the Lord for others:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Write and deliver invitations for Christmas worship\u00a0to people you know are not part of a faith community.<\/li>\n<li>Think about the things in your congregational community which might create barriers between the world and the Lord.\u00a0 Take some action to \u201csmooth\u201d them out!<\/li>\n<li>How can you visually help members of your congregation to prepare as they come to worship (sidewalk chalk sayings\/Bible verses that address people as they come to church, posters and signs that do the same thing, maybe even a play on various traffic signs: one way, yield, stop\u2026around various locations in church like the baptismal font, altar, pulpit, etc.)?<\/li>\n<li>Can your group serve as the greeters in worship, helping worshipers \u201cget ready?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Could you literally \u201croll out the red carpet\u201d (a saying which communicates a generous and honor-filled welcome) in your worship space, or outside your church as a symbol of the way we walk toward God.\u00a0 Or, roll it out from worship into the world?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Preparing the Way of the Lord for Ourselves<br \/>\n<\/strong>Perhaps your group could write some prayers for yourselves and for other individuals in the congregation to pray at home as a preparation for worship. These could be thematic, scriptural, or guided by the church year. See <em>Lutheran Book of Worship<\/em>\u00a0(<em>LBW<\/em>) and <em>Evangelical Lutheran Worship<\/em>\u00a0(<em>ELW<\/em>) for examples.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Closing Prayer<\/h3>\n<p>God of mercy, God of strength. We have so often walked a different path than the one you want us to walk. We need your guidance. Turn our minds to be like yours. Guide our steps. Lead us by your grace. We pray in our Lord Jesus\u2019 name. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contributed by Scott A. 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