Bothering Prayer

Luke 18:1-8 seems straight forward. It even says what it is about. But it turns out not so much. There is a lot going on here. Luke is asking how we encounter God – acting for justice in the world, or slow to act like the judge. And I wonder what the invitation to pray incessantly for justice really invites us into: a passive praying, an praying like the Negroes of Southern USA, or pestering active praying like Greta. So how do we pray in this time of peril? What do we pray for? And how is our praying changing us? You can read the notes for this sermon here