1. What one thought or idea from today's lesson especially intrigued, provoked, disturbed, challenged, encouraged, warmed, warned, helped, or surprised you?
2. Share a story about one of the most important teachers in your life and what made him or her so significant.
3. How do you respond to the explanation of the term kingdom of God? How would you translate it into words or images that make sense today?
4. What makes a good teacher so good? Who is one of your favorite teachers?
Activate
5. This week, notice where you seek and find aliveness. Relate that thirst for aliveness to the kingdom of God.
Meditate
6. Choose one of the synonyms for kingdom of God from this chapter and simply hold it in silence for a few moments. Conclude the silence with these words: "Let it come."
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2. Share a story about one of the most important teachers in your life and what made him or her so significant.
I was only in 4-H for a brief time, but I was very fortunate to have a sewing instructor who was patient and knowledgeable. When mistakes were made, she commented that one of the good things about sewing is that one could easily correct most mistakes. And she said that even though she had sewn for years that she still made mistakes that she had to rip out. Her attitude towards mistakes not only encouraged me to continue sewing (she was a major contrast to my home ec teacher who acted as if a sewing mistake was a major sin), but I often think of the ability to correct most mistakes as a courageous attitude to take in many situations as it is often better to act and risk a mistake than to do nothing to avoid making a mistake.
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