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Look In The Mirror 10/23/22
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Know Who You Are, Trinity Lutheran Church, Brattleboro, VT, October 23, 2022 Luke 18:9 Jesus taught: a Pharisee and tax collector prayed. The Pharisee prayed ‘God, I thank you I am not like others – robbers and evil doers.' The tax collector prayed ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ Jesus said the tax collector was justified before God… Pastor Jon told of a social experiment with two people on a team who were rewarded for getting the correct answers. They were put into separate rooms. When they had a correct answer one of them was given a raffle ticket. The experiment was whether that person would share the raffle tickets with the teammate. Turns out the person kept 9 out of 10 tickets. One might expect a 50/50 split, but that did not happen. A large mirror was put in that person’s room. When the person had to see himself in the mirror – that is when the person shared the tickets evenly. Be mindful of the person in the mirror. That mindfulness may prompt you and me to be better people. Pastor Jon Heydenreich presides assisted by Marsha Heydenreich, and joined by Kris Grotz-Kuch as assistant, Lynne Stone as reader, and Laura Josephs on piano. No matter who you are in your walk of faith, or where you are in that journey, you are invited to the communion table at Trinity Lutheran Church. Trinity Lutheran Church is an ELCA congregation, more or less traditional and relaxed, and a Reconciling in Christ congregation where all are welcome.
