Question

So recently I have been on this kick to ask people questions on facebook to get random discussions going, get people to know each other and to open up a bit. Apparently I am not the only one asking single questions of people. I found this video via a friend and thought I should share it.


Fifty People, One Question: London from Fifty People, One Question on Vimeo.

I also have been thinking about how asking questions can help form community, yet we seldom ask them. Questions help us to get to know other, which is an essential part of community. If we don't know the other we don't have relationship or community. If we don't ask questions we won't see our common threads and where God is moving our community. If we don't ask questions we will never know the little details of other, or at least not well. But we must also ask questions of ourselves as this will help us interact with others. So as you watch the video or reflect on this think about what questions you need to be asking right now or what questions you can be asking. One of my questions right now is "Are we prepared where God will lead us next?"

Anonymous Comments

So I had a friend point out that my comments did not allow anonymous people (on blogger) per the post titled Confessions. If you wanted to before a decided not too because you could not anonymously post before feel free to do so now on this post rather than going back to the others. And here is my commitment: As much as I will want to figure out who posts the comment I will not try to figure out who you are. If by random chance I figure it out I cannot control that but I will not actively pursue your identity as that is part of confession; it is anonymous.

Events - Wise or Directed

Yesterday I had lunch with my friend Jim who works at Saddleback on the college ministry team known as Crave and we had a great discussion about life and ministry. We eventually found ourselves discussing how we should respond when an event has some hiccups. What do you do when you have a snow day event and the forecast calls for rain? Or what happens when you always go to a certain retreat center but another, more "attractive", location becomes available? Now I know most of you are thinking "I'm not in ministry, so this doesn't apply to me." but I think you are wrong. I think it will apply to you and I will try to show you why. As we continued our discussion we framed those questions with another, "Is this something God wants me to do or is this simply a wise decision?" As we posed this question it brought new light to the two examples. If the event is something God wants me to do then I must follow his lead and trust that he make sure it doesn't rain or the retreat will be great at the usual location. But if it is simply a wise decision to have the snow day then we should also act wise and cancel or we should choose the new retreat center. Now don't get me wrong here, both option are equally good; it is okay to act on wisdom when God does not say one way or the other. But before we act on wisdom alone we should probably ask God about it, especially when it is a big decision. So my question for you is where in your life right now do you need to start acting on faith and where do you need to start acting on wisdom? I'm not sure there will always be both in your life but I would guess that there are. Where in your life do you need to ask "Is this something God wants me to do or is this simply a wise decision"?

Next

So this post is based on The One-Minute Writer.

The question is: What do you hope is around the next bend in the road?

I think currently I hope there is a lot of things around the next bend. Not in a depressed way but in a hopeful way. Things are great right now and I see the potential for them to get even better.

I hope there is Kingdom growth, in my life and others.
I hope some friendships grow deeper.

But I hope for a new Reformation the most. I am not the first to say we need this, and I imagine I won't be the last, but I agree with the statement nonetheless. That is what I am hoping for.