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Where is
God leaking in your church? How do you know? What “fluorescent
bulbs” show it?
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In what
ways are you personally “inside the tent” or “outside the tent”? Or
both?
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In what
ways is your church “inside the tent” or “outside the tent”? Or both?
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Do you
believe in an active God in a responsive universe or a responsive God in
an active universe? How did you come to this belief? Is your belief in
line with the professed theology of your denomination?
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If you
were to “question all things” in your congregation examine every
process, every meeting, every service, every program, every employee,
every building – what do you think would happen?
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Take one
thing and question it in a group:
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Why do we meet for worship at these times?
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Why do we dress up for church?
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Why do we employ a clergyperson?
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How often is the sanctuary used each week? Why?
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Why do we meet on Sunday at all?
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Hold a
“fluorescent bulb” up to each thing the congregation does. Does it
“glow,” indicating the presence of a “Living Leaking God”?
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Do you
have a religious denomination or an interactive community?
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If your
church was a “custodian,” as Paul described it, and it left you, where
would you go next?
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What is
prayer for you? For your congregation? What do you pray about? What does
the congregation pray about? What does it mean to pray for someone or
some “thing”? How exactly does that work?
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What would
it mean to pray for presence rather than outcome?
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Are you
ever aware of God’s searching/yearning for you? When? How?
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Describe
in words other than “Son of God,” “Messiah,” “Savior ... .. Prophet,”
“Lamb of God,” or other traditional language, just who Jesus was, and
who he is for you now. Use words an eight‑year‑old would understand.
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What does
resurrection mean to you? How did you come to this understanding?
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What is
Holy Spirit? If it is the Godforce in you, what does that mean for your
life?
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What is
sin? How does it work in your life? In the life of the congregation? How
or why do we choose sin? How did Jesus sin? How does the church sin?
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What is
your soul? If you knew it was connected to every other soul of every
other living force in the universe, would it make a difference in your
life? How?
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Where is
heaven? Is it a place for you? An idea? What if Hitler is
there, forgiven? Is heaven fair? Is God?
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Imagine
that you are one of the disciples coming to Jesus because you are
concerned that people have no food. What is your response when he says,
“You give them something to eat”?
