Narrate Church

What if Jesus gave us the Lord's Prayer so that we'd have something to cling to? To center our thoughts upon? To ground our emotions? Something to guide us when life's circumstances insist we merge? Understood in this way, the Lord's Prayer becomes the framework for our thoughts. It calms while lying awake at night, redirects while waiting for a train, leads in the face of terror, and connects us to a God who is near. What if God gives us permission to ask that we not face difficulty?

What if God relates to the pain that accompanies parenting? What if God experiences emotion, regrets, and grieves? What does God do with pain and vulnerability?

What if Jesus gave us the Lord's Prayer so that we'd have something to cling to? To center our thoughts upon? To ground our emotions? Something to guide us when life's circumstances insist we merge? Understood in this way, the Lord's Prayer becomes the framework for our thoughts. It calms while lying awake at night, redirects while waiting for a train, leads in the face of terror, and connects us to a God who is near. What if we understand prayer best when we understand that more than anything, God is after healthy interactive relationship?

What if Jesus gave us the Lord's Prayer so that we'd have something to cling to? To center our thoughts upon? To ground our emotions? Something to guide us when life's circumstances insist we merge? Understood in this way, the Lord's Prayer becomes the framework for our thoughts. It calms while lying awake at night, redirects while waiting for a train, leads in the face of terror, and connects us to a God who is near. What is forgiveness, particularly in the context of the Lord's Prayer?

What if Jesus gave us the Lord's Prayer so that we'd have something to cling to? To center our thoughts upon? To ground our emotions? Something to guide us when life's circumstances insist we merge? Understood in this way, the Lord's Prayer becomes the framework for our thoughts. It calms while lying awake at night, redirects while waiting for a train, leads in the face of terror, and connects us to a God who is near. What if the greatest threat to God's Kingdom in your life is your kingdom?

What if Jesus gave us the Lord's Prayer so that we'd have something to cling to? To center our thoughts upon? To ground our emotions? Something to guide us when life's circumstances insist we merge? Understood in this way, the Lord's Prayer becomes the framework for our thoughts. It calms while lying awake at night, redirects while waiting for a train, leads in the face of terror, and connects us to a God who is near. What if hallowing God's name involves revisiting the question, "What is my life about?"

What if Jesus gave us the Lord's Prayer so that we'd have something to cling to? To center our thoughts upon? To ground our emotions? Something to guide us when life's circumstances insist we merge? Understood in this way, the Lord's Prayer becomes the framework for our thoughts. It calms while lying awake at night, redirects while waiting for a train, leads in the face of terror, and connects us to a God who is near. What if the Lord's Prayer really can form the kind of constant connection that many aspire to but few achieve?

Why does good news always seem to come with complimentary bad news? If God could raise Jesus from the dead, why doesn't he do more?

What in your life do you find unfair? How does the generosity of God crash into the conflict of fairness versus unfairness? How has God been inexplicably generous to you? What part of your life could you put under God's generosity?

We want to talk about why we work and how we work. We want to talk about what happens when we see our work as a means of serving humanity, and income as our reward for a job well done. We're calling the conversation Add Value. We want to explore what happens when a community of people work together to Add Value by understanding their vocation as their primary means of serving local community. We want to explore what happens when we appreciate the role we all play in creating great community. How do you give your work boundaries?