The Lord’s prayer is a revolution manifesto. It starts with the opening phrase – “our Father”. Whenever I pray this prayer I’m not allowed to stay in some kind of individualistic bubble. This prayer is not meant to dig me deeper into myself, in fact it forces me out into a sense of others. He is not just my Father – he is our Father. The word ‘me’ doesn’t occur once in the whole prayer.

A few years ago i drove to the Sunday morning church service. My thoughts were totally focused on the morning’s service. When I stopped at an intersection my eye caught a street vendor next to our vehicle. The man was selling globes – next to my window was a representation of earth. It struck me that morning that millions of people would be worshipping on this day. Our Father …

When you pray, “Our Father …” who’s in your our? Who do you exclude?