Zion Lutheran Sioux Falls
Eighth Sunday After Pentecost
How do we use power? How do we speak truth to power? What do we do when we are both "power" and "prophet"? These are some of the questions raised by the Scripture readings this week. The challenge we face is to exercise the power we have with righteousness and justice and in submission to the higher authority of God’s Reign, while holding the powers of our world accountable to God’s justice, compassion, hope and good management. May we be confronted by God’s truth and power as we worship, and may we be transformed into prophets who use power well and who courageously and faithfully speak truth to power when required. We are called to be “Tender Without Surrender!”
How do we use power? How do we speak truth to power? What do we do when we are both "power" and "prophet"? These are some of the questions raised by the Scripture readings this week. The challenge we face is to exercise the power we have with righteousness and justice and in submission to the higher authority of God’s Reign, while holding the powers of our world accountable to God’s justice, compassion, hope and good management. May we be confronted by God’s truth and power as we worship, and may we be transformed into prophets who use power well and who courageously and faithfully speak truth to power when required. We are called to be “Tender Without Surrender!”