When have you altered your routine to avoid someone or to avoid embarrassment ?
Can you think of a time when you felt unnoticed?
When have you done something, simply to be noticed?
Can you think of someone that needs to be noticed? What can you do to help them feel noticed?
When have you had your weaknesses exposed in a way that brought embarrassment? When have you experienced compassion in the midst of your embarrassment?
When have you encountered someone in the midst of their weaknesses? How did you respond?
When have you encountered Christ outside of Sunday?
When have you had an important conversation interrupted?
When has your relationship with Christ been interrupted?
How does image management keep you from encountering Christ and others?
In what ways do your encounters with Christ influence what you do and say to others?
Who needs to hear a word of encouragement or guidance from you? What causes you to hesitate to offer it ?
Who can you share your life with this week in a way that will help them to encounter Christ in a new way ?
Where are you in the conversation about the Cascading Initiative?
God at the Water Cooler
Sun, October 26, 2014
October 26, 2014 • Joe Springer
In Essentials... Unity
June 28, 2015 • Joe Springer
What shapes your sense of what is essential? How have your essentials changed over the years? How do you live with others whose essentials are different than yours? What role does charity play in your living out what is essential to you? When have you seen knowledge make arrogant? When have you been built up by others in the context of love? When have you seen the building power of love in your relationships? Are there things that you are willing to give up for the building up of others? When have you been willing to be 'all things to all people' so that you may win some?
Under Pressure
June 14, 2015 • Joe Springer
What experience or observations have you had around church discipline? How does accountability create space for formation of the individual and the church community? How do you respond to the call to be accountable? When have you experienced pressure that resulted in your own transformation? When have you experienced sin and/or failure of one result in pervading damage to the community? Are there areas of your life where you need to be held accountable? Who can you ask to come alongside you? Can you think of a friend who may be in need of being confronted regarding an area of their life that is sinful or destructive? What is at stake for you to talk to them? How do you live by a different set of standards than those with whom you work or live? As you look at the week ahead, how can you make mutual accountability a part of your relationships with other believers?