"Wake Up and Put on Compassion" by Mark Pratt-Russum

For the message, Mark Pratt-Russum read the scripture passage Luke 5:14-16 and spoke of “wearing your faith.” Quakers have a history of dressing differently, mindful that clothes communicate our relationship to people and things. What if, instead of clothing, we put on compassion first thing in the morning? In the passage, Jesus went off alone to pray after being in the midst of crowds. What did he do while alone? Could it be that he was resetting his intentions for how he relates to people? Queries to ponder during open worship: - How do you do the work of intention setting in the morning? - How has that process prepared you? - How do you ready yourself to see that of God in everyone you meet?