What was your favorite birthday? Why was it your favorite birthday?
I recently was helping someone celebrate their birthday and he said that his favorite birthday was in 4thgrade. He said it snowed so much that day that everyone at the party went outside and built a giant dinosaur of snow.
What’s on your bucket list? What are the things you’ve always dreamed about doing?
For the most part our bucket list items can be boiled down to visiting some place, experiencing a thrill, or owning something.
Did you know that organizations have self-esteem? We often think of people or our own self-esteem, but rarely do we think about organizations.
Whether it’s a group, team, division, department, company, church, town, or even a country they all have a way in which they view themselves and that view impacts their self-esteem.
Who is someone who has significantly impacted your life?
I bet you can identify a handful of people who came along at just the right time and helped you make the right choice or kept you from a wrong one.
Have you ever noticed a need before and thought, “Someone should do something about this?” Or maybe you’ve asked, “Why isn’t someone addressing this problem?”
Maybe you’re concerned about racism, violence, sex trafficking, or the homeless and you feel society isn’t doing enough to help with this issue.
Do you remember the first time you tried coffee? I remember my grandfather having several cups of coffee throughout the day. His morning always started with a cup in his recliner.
As a child seeing him savor each cup made me more than curious. After my barrage of questions he had my grandmother pour me a cup…black. It was the worst thing I had ever tasted!
If you live in the Northeast you know the pessimistic saying, “There are only 2 seasons: Winter and road construction.” Neither season is much fun.
I often think about that saying when I hit a long construction delay on a trip during the summer.
Have you ever felt like you invested in someone’s life and you didn’t see the change you had hoped for?
You poured a lot of time, energy, and love into the relationship, but now they aren’t part of your life. Maybe it was because they moved, had a life change, or you were heading in different directions. Whatever the reason it can make your investment feel pointless and maybe even like a waste of time.
We all long for deep friendships and as you know they don’t just magically happen. Even though friendships aren’t automatic there are key ingredients that help your relationships go to the next level.
One ingredient in particular is so important that without it you will never have deep friendships. Why? Because without this key ingredient your friendships will never last long enough to go deep.
As you read through the New Testament you’ll come across a certain phrase over and over again. The phrase is “one another” and it’s talking about how Christians are suppose to act toward one another.
These “one another’s” seem like basic human decency or relationships 101. Love one another…be kind to one another…serve one another…forgive one another…pray for one another…encourage one another. There’s over 50 of these “one another” passages and each one seems like you shouldn’t have to tell people to do those things. You would think it would come natural.
