Luca Staehelin

You can compa­re Our Father to a moun­tain regi­on: It is vast and full of beau­tiful places. We are taking a train jour­ney through the midd­le of the Lord’s Pray­er to get to know it bet­ter and to mar­vel at it. A fort­night ago we met to start the Life­group Weekend tog­e­ther. We had a lot of fun! – For exam­p­le, at the «Shiit­li um» or in the canoe. And we stu­di­ed the Lord’s Pray­er, pro­ba­b­ly the best known pray­er in Chris­tia­ni­ty. I was very hap­py to see how much joy you all had in… 
Sum­ma­ry: In the midst of thou­sands of ques­ti­ons and ans­wers in the topic of «iden­ti­ty», the Bible asks us one ques­ti­on that is much more important than all the others: Are you born again? The new birth rede­ems us from our old con­di­ti­on – death – and gives us new life through Jesus. This iden­ti­ty floods all other facets of our being. At the Life­group Weekend a year ago, you – Seli­na, Svea, Imma­nu­el, Janik, Peni­el and Timon – reques­ted that we talk about «iden­ti­ty» this morning.… 
Noah lived in a cor­rupt world – peo­p­le tur­ned away from God. But Noah found grace with God. He wal­ked his path with him, lis­ten­ed to him and thus beca­me a light in the socie­ty of that time. Through Jesus, we too are cal­led and empowered to live as lights in a cor­rupt world. Also today we take time to get to know a per­son from the Bible. I wan­ted to take a per­son from the book of Gene­sis with a… 
We do not find true rest through a method, but through a per­son. Jesus wants to give us his rest. The sum­mer holi­days are just around the cor­ner. A time when we wish to come to rest, rech­ar­ge our bat­te­ries and escape the stress of ever­y­day life. And with that comes the ques­ti­on of how exact­ly that works. In any case, I ask mys­elf this ques­ti­on again and again. «How do I find peace? How can I switch off and rech­ar­ge my batteries?