Summer Slowdown: The Noise Inside

You unplugged everything. And the noise kept going.

Week two of Summer Slowdown deals with the discovery a lot of us made this week: you can stop your hands and still not stop your heart. Pastor Ty opens Matthew 6:25-34, where Jesus stands on a hillside pointing at actual birds and tells everyday people not to worry, six times in ten verses. Along the way: why worry is the night shift in your own head, the question about your Father hiding underneath every anxious thought, David's steering move in the Psalms, a story about manna and one man's rotten backup plan, and what Pastor Ty personally does at two in the morning when his mind calls a board meeting.

The July challenge continues: apps deleted, one day a week guarded, four Sabbaths in community. Week three is next: opening ourselves honestly to God.

Luke 10:42 says Mary chose what is better. This week is about where she was looking.