Questions can be valuable. They can prompt us to be thoughtful and deliberate and can stir us up where we are stagnant. They get our minds going. They can wake us up.
Here are some of mine:
What is the value of anger? Why do we feel compelled to come to the aid of God as if he were crippled in some way? When is turning around giving up, and when does it mean that you're trying harder? What is judgment? What does God love about the state of humanity RIGHT NOW? Why do we feel threatened by the choices we have? Why do we like to call our possessions "blessings"? Why do we feel threatened by those who differ/disagree with us? Why do we have a need to abolish questions within our faith? When does the value of the question supersede the value of the answer?
What are yours?
2 comments:
How can the world economy survive without the enslavement and exploitation of the weak and powerless? What do we do to make that change happen?
Interestingly enough, Barry Taylor asked "What are your questions?" today in class. Here are the ones I managed to get down:
•is God in control?
•Does God have limited foreknowledge?
•What is important for me know? What can I let go?
•In what ways is Jesus relevant?
•How little can I be comfortable knowing?
•What is the difference between God and love?
•What is blessing?
•What is the actual nature of God’s judgment?
•What difference does it make in life to believe in a god? Should it make a difference?
•Where does the HS fit in everything?
•What is the Kingdom?
•Who is saved, and how?
•Pluralism?
•Why do we seem to miss it so much?
•How does prayer work?
•What does he want from me?
•Is salvation collective or individual?
•Do we need god in church?
•Why bread and wine? Why baptism?
•How does the common good of humanity relate to God?
•What happened on the cross?
•What happened in the tomb?
•How do we navigate change?
•How do we encourage the general population to ask these questions?
•What is death?
•Is all value relative?
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