Each day at the Gathering has a theme. Practice Justice...Practice Discipleship...Practice Peacemaking. Just before our service project on Thursday we learned why they chose to organize the gathering in this way. It's because it is important to practice! If we want to become better at something we should practice. It is the only way to gain experience and grow stronger until we become good even excellent at a skill or task. Just like we practice sports, music, drama, even math and spelling - the more we practice the better we become. At the ELCA Gathering we are praticing our faith. We are actively stretching and moving and trying hard to become better Christians by demonstrating what Jesus has taught us and how we believe Christians ought to live for God.
Martin Luther once said, "Our faith is a living, busy, active, mighty thing." (On the back of our T-Shirts) So, every day we are here, we are practicing together what is means to work for Justice...live as Disciples...and serve as God's Peacemakers in the world. Amen!
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