Reflection Questions – Week 2 Chapters 4-7

Below are a few questions for you all to ponder before we meet on Thursday.  Please provide your insights as comments to this post.  You will learn a lot from one another by sharing.  We have such a short amount of time during our sessions, please take advantage of this opportunity to learn from one [...]

Reflection Questions – Week 1 Fall 2009

I hope you are all enjoying the Perkins book.  Below are a few reflection questions to get us thinking about this weeks readings.  Review the list page 22, which of these stats alarmed you?  Which ones most convicted you?  Which ones broke your heart?  (If none of these stats broke your heart, you need to [...]

Reflection Questions – Week 3 Chapters 8-11

“Humans were created to be whole persons, with physical, mental and spiritual dimensions.  Deprivation in any of these dimensions has a deadening effect on the others, since all parts are interrelated and interactive…The soul without a body is ghost; a body without a soul is a corpse.” (p 89)  Have you seen examples of ministries [...]

Reflection Questions for Chapters 1-4 in Beyond Charity

I hope you are all enjoying the Perkins book.  Below are a few reflection questions to get us thinking about this weeks readings.  Review the list page 22, which of these stats alarmed you?  Which ones most convicted you?  Which ones broke your heart?  (If none of these stats broke your heart, you need to [...]

Tough Question; Where is Jesus?

  In response to our discussion on Substance Abuse, one of our Unity Works participants asked a very challenging question about the role of the Gospel and AA programs.  Since my response to that question is a very personal one that reveals much of my personal theology I have posted my response on my personal [...]

Is it Safe?

“Is he a man?”, asked Lucy. “Aslan, a man?”, said Mr.Beaver sternly. “Certainly not. I tell you, He is the King of the wood and the son of the Great Emperor Beyond the Sea. Don’t you know who is the King of Beasts? Aslan is a lion – The lion. The Great Lion.” “Ooh”, said [...]