Okay, so it was actually me asking this question because sometimes the words in the confession or prayers challenge me or make me feel defensive. At GLC we purchase resources from a couple of different places where pastors and writers lend their talents to write resources often a year or more in advance for each season/week. We could change them or write our own, just as I could pick only my favorite Bible passages or hymns…but then I would miss a chance to hear something I may desperately need to hear, to be challenged in a way I need to be challenged to grow, or if I am convinced that it is not for me, then I can trust that there is someone else in the congregation that needs to hear it. These words may help to prepare me for Jesus’ often challenging words. – Pastor Trudy Stoffel
