August 13, 2023, Pentecost 11: ”Radical Openness”

Psychologists have long noted that human attention is captured by negative events. We dwell on bad things that happened to us; we ruminate about the news; we even "doomscroll" on social media. We also do the same with our relationship to God, thinking more readily of the times God didn't answer our prayer like we would have hoped. We look at the world and we see scant signs of God's kingdom or will among us. However, what would happen if, led by the Spirit, we looked closer? Where might we find God's kingdom and will among us today? Or in our own lives? And how can we be more resilient when bad things do happen? In the second of a five-part series on the Lord's Prayer, Pastor David preaches "Radical Openness" based on the Second and Third Petitions of the Lord's Prayer.