Daily Questions
Ask not: How can we grow our church? (Who can we get to join us?)
But perhaps: Who can we serve?
November 30, 2021
Ask not: How can I get you to do this?
But perhaps: What can we intend together to do?
November 26, 2021
Ask not: What do I have to be thankful for?
But perhaps: What privileges can I begin to let go of?
November 25, 2021
Ask not: What can I tell you about this?
But perhaps: How can we pay attention to this together?
November 24, 2021
Ask not: How can I Make sense of the world?
But perhaps: How can I make friends with the world?
November 14, 2021
Ask not: How can I tell you what I am feeling?
But perhaps: How can I help you sense what I am sensing and feel what I am feeling?
November 11, 2021
Ask not: Why is there so much vaccine hesitancy?
But perhaps: Why is there so little vaccine hesitancy (less than 3%) in people over 65?
November 1, 2021
Ask not: How can I have more love in my heart?
But perhaps: How can I love better?
October 31, 2021
Ask not: What assumptions and biases are coloring my thinking?
But perhaps: How do my go-to metaphors constrain my thinking?
October 30, 2021
Ask not: How can we apply this knowledge?
But perhaps: Can this knowledge be helpful in arenas other than its source?
October 29, 2021
Ask not: How can we apply this knowledge?
But perhaps: Can this knowledge be helpful in arenas other than its source?
October 29, 2021
Ask not: How can I see myself aging?
But perhaps: How can I feel myself re-forming?
October 23, 2021
Ask not: How can I extract knowledge from the world?
But perhaps: How can I collaborate with the knowledge in the world?
October 22, 2021
Ask not: How can I strengthen my willpower to do what God wants me to do?
But perhaps: How do I rely less on my willpower and trust God to work in my life?
October 20, 2021
Ask not: How do we use our understanding of cause and effect to become more competent in the world?
But perhaps: How do competence and understanding work with each other to increase both our understanding and our competence?
October 15, 2021
Ask not: How do we measure time?
But perhaps: How am I aware of the movements of my body?
October 14, 2021
Ask not: What is the material composition of this tree?
But perhaps: How does this tree process matter? (William Bateson)
October 11, 2021
Ask not: How can I be good?
But perhaps: How can I become whole? (John Middleton Murray)
October 10, 2021
Ask not: How did we get here?
But perhaps: What is our current trajectory?
October 4, 2021
Ask not: What am I feeling?
But perhaps: What can my body language and facial expressions tell me about what I am feeling?
September 30, 2021
Ask not: What is God like?
But perhaps: How does God interact with our world?
September 27, 2021
Ask not: How do I put this thought into words?
But perhaps: Where can I find the words to think with? (Donald Hall)
September 21, 2021
Ask not: Why did I make that choice?
But perhaps: When making that choice, which steps did I take consciously and which did I take without thinking?
September 20, 2021
Ask not: How can I know Jesus is alive?
But perhaps: How can I be ready to hear Jesus the next time he calls me to follow him?
September 19, 2021
Ask not: Where should we go from here?
But perhaps: How can we prepare to move on from here?
September 17, 2021
Ask not: How can I answer your question in a way that you will understand?
But perhaps: How can I reframe your question so that you can answer it?
September 16, 2021
Ask not: Let us worship God?
But perhaps: Let us join together with the creation and this great cloud of witnesses who are worshipping God around us and among us?
September 15, 2021
Ask not: How can we make sense of our current negative situation?
But perhaps: Where can we find the hope and courage to move into a better place?
September 13, 2021
Ask not: How should I relate to Jesus?
But perhaps: How is Jesus inviting me into a deeper relationship?
September 12, 2021
Ask not: Where can I find the will and the strength to forgive those who have intentionally sought to hurt me?
But perhaps: How can I connect with God’s love for them and for me, a love which began before the hurt and continues unabated now?
September 11, 2021
Ask not: What does my intuition tell me?
But perhaps: How can I give my intuition more relevant information to work with?
September 10, 2021
Ask not: What is the one right answer to this question?
But perhaps: How many plausible answers can I find to this question?
September 8, 2021
Ask not: What is my best answer for this question?
But perhaps: If I don’t need to answer this question, what do I find interesting about it?
September 7, 2021
Ask not: What can we believe in?
But perhaps: Who can we trust to follow through life?
September 4, 2021
Ask not: How do we tell others about God?
But perhaps: How do we include others in our conversation with God?
August 31, 2021
Ask not: Would it be wise, just to stay out of this?
But perhaps: Which will be most helpful, to stay out or to get involved?
August 30, 2021
Ask not: How can I make the best judgment?
But perhaps: How can I reserve judgment?
August 28, 2021
Ask not: Why do they treat me like this?
But perhaps: What actions or behaviors of mine have hindered our relationship?
August 26, 2021
Ask not: How do we win this political argument?
But perhaps: How can we repair the process of arguing about politics? (Micah Goodman)
August 25, 2021
Ask not: How can I fill in the blank spots in my education?
But perhaps: How can I expand the scope of my curiosity?
August 24, 2021
Ask not: How can I make sense of your presence in my world?
But perhaps: How can I slip out of myself to encounter your presence?
August 20, 2021
Ask not: How can I gain enough faith to move mountains?
But perhaps: How can I use my faith to move toward God and toward my neighbors?
August 19, 2021
Ask not: What good does rest do for our bodies and minds?
But perhaps: What grace can rest reveal to us?
August 18, 2021
Ask not: How can I exercise my freedom to be me?
But perhaps: How can I tap into my freedom to love others?
August 16, 2021
Ask not: Where did this train of thought begin?
But perhaps: What (emotion) moved me to start thinking?
August 12, 2021
Ask not: How can I learn to think outside of the box?
But perhaps: Can we develop a rhetoric/logic that is free of box metaphors (including categories and independent objects?
August 10, 2021
Ask not: What is the best theory (philosophy) we can use to understand our world?
But perhaps: Can the world teach us how to listen to it?
August 5, 2021
Ask not: What might a better future look like?
But perhaps: How can I recognize and receive the good the future is bringing? How can I recognize and then deflect or defeat the bad the future will bring?
August 4, 2021
Ask not: Who am I?
But perhaps: How can I quit creating myself in my own image?
July 31, 2021
Ask not: When will I have enough that I can be generous?
But perhaps: How can I feel secure enough to give without worry?
July 30, 2021
Ask not: How can I separate myself from this process in order to comprehend it better? How can I be a more objective knower?
But perhaps: How can learn to become more competent within this process? How can I be a more effective subject?
July 28, 2021
Ask not: How can I tap into the Spirit’s power to perform miracles?
But perhaps: How can we do good which is beyond our ability to imagine or explain?
July 25, 2021
Ask not: Where will following Jesus take me?
But perhaps: How can I follow wholeheartedly?
July 24, 2021
Ask not: How can I educate these people?
But perhaps: How can I enter into a shared project of curiosity and competence with these people?
July 23, 2021
Ask not: How can I preach the gospel more effectively?
But perhaps: How can I embody the gospel more consistently?
July 22, 2021
Ask not: What positive character traits does this person possess?
But perhaps: How is this person exercising her/his competencies to heal the world?
July 20, 2021
Ask not: Why did I do that?
But perhaps: What do I get out of doing this sort of thing?
July 19, 2021
Ask not: How can I put these thoughts into words?
But perhaps: How can I experience these thoughts and feelings more clearly?
July 18, 2021
Ask not: How can I give this audience a lot to think about?
But perhaps: How can I give this audience 1 thing to rethink?
July 17, 2021
Ask not: What’s the simple answer?
But perhaps: What’s the next question we need to ask?
July 16, 2021
Ask not: How can I get you to change your mind?
But perhaps: Where can you find the motivation to rethink things on your own?
July 15, 2021
Ask not: How can I be more creative?
But perhaps: Have a drink. Chill out. Maybe I can let go of these intentions, even that intention to be more creative?
June 28, 2021
Ask not: What does this parable mean?
But perhaps: How does this parable invite me to rethink things?
June 25, 2021
Ask not: How can I get you to agree with what I think?
But perhaps: Can I intrigue you with how I think?
June 24, 2021
Ask not: How smart is she?
But perhaps: How willing is she to change her mind?
June 23, 2021
Ask not: Where are the inconsistencies in my theory (philosophy, theology)?
But perhaps: How might my theory (philosophy, theology) allow me to avoid doing good in the world?
June 22, 2021
Ask not: What are my foundational beliefs?
But perhaps: What are my guiding values?
June 21, 2021
Ask not: What is possible for us to accomplish?
But perhaps: What impossible achievement is worth our life’s work?
June 20, 2021
Ask not: Who are my friends?
But perhaps: Which of my enemies risks the danger of becoming a friend? (Joy Harjo)
June 19, 2021
Ask not: What do I want to learn next?
But perhaps: Who can I begin to learn with?
June 18, 2021
Ask not: What can my students learn from me?
But perhaps: How can my students learn with me?
June 17, 2021
Ask not: How can I better understand this person?
But perhaps: How can I continue to welcome the mystery of this person into my life?
June 16, 2021
Ask not: How can I be happy?
But perhaps: Who can I make smile this morning? (Thich Nhat Hanh)
June 15, 2021
Ask not: How can I take that person’s perspective on this issue I am concerned about?
But perhaps: How can I seek this person’s perspective on issues they are concerned about?
June 12, 2021
Ask not: How can we convince more people to join our camp?
But perhaps: Let’s pull up the stakes and become a movement?
June 11, 2021
Ask not: How can I be more loving?
But perhaps: Who can I love today?
June 10, 2021
Ask not: How can I better understand people who are different from me?
But perhaps: How can I understand my tendency to see someone as other?
June 7, 2021
Ask not: Let’s agree to disagree?
But perhaps: Let’s agree to drop down one level below our surface disagreement?
June 5, 2021
Ask not: How can I prove myself?
But perhaps: How can I improve myself? (Jean-Pierre Beugoms)
June 4, 2021
Ask not: What qualifies as traditional infrastructure?
But perhaps: What infrastructure will help us reduce fossil fuel combustion?
June 2, 2021
Ask not: How can we make the justice system more fair for all people?
But perhaps: How does our justice system lead to racism and then justify it?
May 31, 2021
Ask not: How can I put this doctrine into practice?
But perhaps: What sort of experience lead to this doctrine, and how can I enter into that experience?
May 29, 2021
Ask not: Who has the most coherent theory of this case?
But perhaps: Who can bring creativity and wisdom to my understanding of this case?
May 28, 2021
Ask not: How can I show that I am right?
But perhaps: How can I discover when I’m beginning to go wrong?
May 27, 2021
Ask not: Who am I?
But perhaps: How significantly do growing and maturing, changing and becoming play into my image of myself?
May 26, 2021
Ask not: To which tribe did this land belong before we white men came?
But perhaps: How can we belong together to this land?
May 25, 2021
Ask not: Why do I keep doing this?
But perhaps: What triggers this behavior?
May 24, 2021
Ask not: What did you learn today?
But perhaps: What did you rethink today?
May 23, 2021
Ask not: Who are my brothers and sisters in Christ?
But perhaps: For whom can I become a sister or brother today?
May 22, 2021
Ask not: What do you mean by that?
But perhaps: What personal experience underlies that assertion?
May 21, 2021
Ask not: How can I keep from being deceived?
But perhaps: What steps am I taking to uncover my own self-deception?
May 20, 2021
Ask not: Why do I keep making that mistake?
But perhaps: What are clues that I am about to make that mistake again?
May 19, 2021
Ask not: Where can I find God?
But perhaps: How am I hiding from God?
May 18, 2021
Ask not: Of what sin do I need to repent?
But perhaps: From what sin can God free me when I am willing to change?
May 17, 2021
Ask not: What is the cause of this person’s behavior?
But perhaps: How can this person’s understanding of their intention help to explain their behavior?
May 16, 2021
Ask not: How can I satisfy my curiosity?
But perhaps: How can I whet my curiosity?
May 15, 2021
Ask not: How can I think outside of the box?
But perhaps: How can we help each others to think outside of our individual boxes?
May 14, 2021
Ask not: How can I slow time down?
But perhaps: How can I spend more of my time in the present?
May 13, 2021
Ask not: How can I tap the unused intelligence of my brain?
But perhaps: How can my brain tap the hidden intelligence of my body?
May 12, 2021
Ask not: What information do I lack to help me prove my point?
But perhaps: How can if find new information to expand, or deepen, or redirect my thinking?
May 11, 2021
Ask not: How can I eat more healthfully?
But perhaps: How can I eat more mindfully?
May 10, 2021
Ask not: What must we do to save the world from climate disaster?
But perhaps: Who must we become to no longer threaten the world with climate change?
May 9, 2021
Ask not: What resources can we safely take from the land?
But perhaps: What can we give to the land? (Robin Wall Kimmerer)
May 8, 2021
Ask not: What is the content of their character?
But perhaps: What is the character of their relationships?
May 7, 2021
Ask not: How can we understand this “collection of objects”?
But perhaps: How can we converse with this “communion of subjects”? (Thomas Berry)
May 6, 2021
Ask not: What is the state of the art?
But perhaps: Where is this movement headed, and with what momentum?
May 5, 2021
Ask not: How can we experience God?
But perhaps: How can we welcome God into our daily lives?
May 4, 2021
Ask not: What do I believe for certain?
But perhaps: What doubt keeps lingering around?
May 3, 2021
Ask not: How should we properly partake of the bread in communion?
But perhaps: How can we, too, become bread for the world?
May 2, 2021
Ask not: What makes for a good family?
But perhaps: How do families become happier?
May 1, 2021
Ask not: What can I do to become happier?
But perhaps: How can I learn to breathe (both inhale and exhale) within an atmosphere of happiness?
April 30, 2021
Ask not: What technologies should we use or invent to mitigate climate change?
But perhaps: What human competencies does climate change reveal to no longer be adaptive?
April 29, 2021
Ask not: How accurate is this memory?
But perhaps: How fresh is this memory?
April 28, 2021
Ask not: Who am I?
But perhaps: What “might quicken me all into verb, pure verb”? (Seamus Heaney)
April 27, 2021
Ask not: What caused you to change?
But perhaps: What drew you to become new?
April 26, 2021
Ask not: Is there life after death?
But perhaps: Is there a life before death? (Seamus Heaney)
April 25, 2021
Ask not: How can I consider this problem more objectively?
But perhaps: How can I keep irrelevant emotions out of a subjective consideration of this problem?
April 24, 2021
Ask not: How do you justify that assertion?
But perhaps: What might be the result of putting your assertion into practice?
April 23, 2021
Ask not: How can I tone down my desire to be right (and to prove it)?
But perhaps: How can I ease up on my need to make sense of the world?
April 22, 2021
Ask not: Is his statement logical?
But perhaps: Is his statement believable? (Rev. Al Sharpton)
April 21, 2021
Ask not: How can I learn better?
But perhaps: What might I need to unlearn to continue to learn?
April 20, 2021
Ask not: How does the Bible define who God is?
But perhaps: How does the Bible expose the workings of God?
April 19, 2021
Ask not: What can I add to my life to make it better?
But perhaps: What can I subtract to make life better?
April 17, 2021
Ask not: How should I respond when people treat me unfairly?
But perhaps: How can I proactively treat people the way I would like to be treated?
April 16, 2021
Ask not: How do we know?
But perhaps: How does our consciousness develop?
April 11, 2021
Ask not: How can I become more spiritual?
But perhaps: How can I enhance the relationship between spirit and body?
April 7, 2021
Ask not: What does the resurrection prove?
But perhaps: How can I tap into the resurrection’s power to bring new life?
April 4, 2021
Ask not: How can I have faith in a crucified Christ?
But perhaps: How can I have a faith like Jesus’ as he goes to the cross?
April 3, 2021
Ask not: What would you do in this situation?
But perhaps: What questions would you be asking yourself in this situation?
April 2, 2021
Ask not: Which of my stories define who am I?
But perhaps: Which of my stories are continuing to guide my feelings, thoughts and actions?
April 1, 2021
Ask not: Who am I?
But perhaps: How am I going?
March 31, 2021
Ask not: What have I done wrong that I need to repent of?
But perhaps: What negative cycle can repentance lead me out of?
March 30, 2021
Ask not: Did Jesus tell the truth about who he was?
But perhaps: Did Jesus lead those who trusted and followed him into a new and better life?
March 29, 2021
Ask not: How can I become more like my ideal person?
But perhaps: How can I keep expanding the range of my curiosity and compassion?
March 28, 2021
Ask not: How can my faith conquer doubt?
But perhaps: How can I use my doubt to deepen my faith?
March 27, 2021
Ask not: How can our church become a beacon of truth?
But perhaps: How can we be more honest with one another?
March 26, 2021
Ask not: In whom should I invest my trust?
But perhaps: How can I keep trust coming in and going out in a steady flow?
March 25, 2021
Ask not: How can I trust God?
But perhaps: Can I recall times when God trusted me?
March 24, 2021
Ask not: Who am I?
But perhaps: What masks am I wearing?
March 23, 2021
Ask not: Which path should I choose?
But perhaps: Can I find my way without taking either of these paths?
March 22, 2021
Ask not: What does the gospel mean?
But perhaps: What news is still hidden in the gospel?
March 21, 2021
Ask not: How can I become more courageous?
But perhaps: Who will benefit from my courage?
March 20, 2021
Ask not: How can I outrun my fears?
But perhaps: Where can I stand to face my fears?
March 19, 2021
Ask not: How can we know?
But perhaps: How do we learn?
March 18, 2021
Ask not: Who is the object of our faith?
But perhaps: Who is the subject of our faith? (Howard Thurman)
March 17, 2021
Ask not: Is it wise to begin this project?
But perhaps: Am I called to begin this project?
March 16, 2021
Ask not: How should we define God?
But perhaps: What experiences do we attribute to a presence beyond definition?
March 15, 2021
Ask not: Where can I find the answers to my questions?
But perhaps: Where can I find new questions?
March 14, 2021
Ask not: Who could use my help?
But perhaps: Who am I failing to pay attention to?
March 13, 2021
Ask not: How should I pray for others?
But perhaps: How am I willing to let God work in my life?
March 12, 2021
Ask not: What do I plan to say?
But perhaps: How can my intuition find its voice?
March 11, 2021
Ask not: God, forgive my sins.
But perhaps: God, lead me to repentance and new life.
March 10, 2021
Ask not: How can I work for justice?
But perhaps: How can I free myself of my privilege?
March 9, 2021
Ask not: How can I calm the waves?
But perhaps: How can I dive beneath the surface turmoil?
March 8, 2021
Ask not: Why is this so beautiful?
But perhaps: How can I share this beauty? And with whom?
March 7, 2021
Ask not: Does this policy fit into my ideology?
But perhaps: Will this policy have a good outcome?
March 6, 2021
Ask not: Is this logical?
But perhaps: Does this logic lead to effective action?
March 5, 2021
Ask not: What merit have I earned?
But perhaps: Into what mission am I called to enlist?
March 4, 2021
Ask not: Is there a logical connection between A and B?
But perhaps: Is there a cause-and-effect relationship between A and B?
March 3, 2021
Ask not: What must I believe to be a Christian?
But perhaps: What is the first step I can take to test the good news of Jesus?
March 2, 2021
Ask not: What is the content of my character?
But perhaps: What is the character of my relationships?
March 1, 2021
Ask not: How can I become a better learner?
But perhaps: How can I improve my community of teaching and learning?
February 28, 2021
Ask not: How smart is she?
But perhaps: How can she contribute to the genius of our team?
February 27, 2021
Ask not: What is the content of the gospel?
But perhaps: What are the implications of the good news?
February 26, 2021
Ask not: Will I benefit from this policy change?
But perhaps: Will the pool of beneficiaries increase as this policy change plays out?
February 25, 2021
Ask not: What would be fair?
But perhaps: How can I divest my privilege?
February 24, 2021
Ask not: Who has earned my trust?
But perhaps: With whom can I invest my trust?
February 23, 2021
Ask not: How can I know myself better?
But perhaps: Who am I trying to hide?
February 22, 2021
Ask not: How far into the future do I feel secure?
But perhaps: How much of me is here, now?
February 21, 2021
Ask not: How can can I find new ways to think?
But perhaps: Who can I begin to think together with?
February 20, 2021
Ask not: How can God bless me?
But perhaps: How can I become a blessing to others?
February 19, 2021
Ask not: What is God trying to tell me by causing this event that has disrupted my plans?
But perhaps: Can I learn anything from this event about how God works in the world (even if that means that God might not have had anything to do with this event)?
February 18, 2021
Ask not: What must I excise from my heart to make it pure?
But perhaps: Who can I let into my heart to help purify my love?
February 17, 2021
Ask not: How can I gain more self-esteem?
But perhaps: How can I take myself less seriously?
February 16, 2021
Ask not: How can I become holy?
But perhaps: On what path might I stumble into wholeness?
February 15, 2021
Ask not: How should I pray for others?
But perhaps: How do I want others to pray for me? (I can then pray for others that way. Matthew 7:12)
February 14, 2021
Ask not: How can we save the Republican Party from Trumpism?
But perhaps: How can we save the country from this pandemic and from economic collapse? (Bill Kristol)
February 13, 2021
Ask not: Is there a danger of Congress using impeachment of former officials to target their political opponents?
But perhaps: Which would be the greater danger, using impeachment to target opponents or using the power of the presidency to subvert elections?
February 12, 2021
Ask not: Let’s review our options?
But perhaps: Let’s re-vision our options?
February 11, 2021
Ask not: How can I bring my various selves together to find wholeness?
But perhaps: How can I make deeper connections with a larger wholeness?
February 10, 2021
Ask not: How should I define myself?
But perhaps: Where are my growth points right now?
February 9, 2021
Ask not: What does it mean to receive Jesus into my heart?
But perhaps: What step must I take next to follow Jesus?
February 8, 2021
Ask not: How can I find meaning in life?
But perhaps: How can my meaning-seeking consciousness become incarnate in bodily life in the world?
February 7, 2021
Ask not: How can we open the doors of the church to let more people in?
But perhaps: How can we tear down the walls of the church to let the spirit blow through?
February 6, 2021
Ask not: How can I be more loving?
But perhaps: How can I love with a whole heart?
February 5, 2021
Ask not: How can we prevent people from going to hell?
But perhaps: How can we break down the gates of hell to help people escape? (Matthew 16:18)
February 4, 2021
Ask not: How can better better understand where this person is coming from?
But perhaps: How can I hear more of what she is saying?
February 3, 2021
Ask not: How can we teach the true Christian religion?
But perhaps: How can we introduce Christians to Jesus?
February 2, 2021
Ask not: Why is he mad at me?
But perhaps: How is his anger coloring my thoughts and actions?
February 1, 2021
Ask not: What do I have to believe to be a Christian?
But perhaps: Do I have enough faith to follow Jesus?
January 31, 2021
Ask not: How can I let others know that my intentions are good?
But perhaps: How can I be more aware of the complex of feelings and desires and drives that contaminate my intentions?
January 30, 2021
Ask not: Where can I gather enough faith and courage to make this big change in my life?
But perhaps: How can I use the faith and courage I now have to plant the seed of this big change in my life?
January 29, 2021
Ask not: What would be fun to do if I didn’t have to do this?
But perhaps: How can I add some fun to what I’m doing?
January 28, 2021
Ask not: Whose to blame?
But perhaps: Where is the community broken and how can we repair it?
January 27, 2021
Ask not: How can I gain and keep honor and respect, thanks and praise, from my community?
But perhaps: How can I help to increase the level of respect my community has for our people?
January 26, 2021
Ask not: How can I belong?
But perhaps: Who can I include (adopt)?
January 25, 2021
Ask not: How can I get rid of this grief?
But perhaps: Where can I find a resilient source of comfort?
January 24, 2021
Ask not: Where can we find the light we need to guide us?
But perhaps: How can we claim our light and let it shine?
January 23, 2021
Ask not: How can we form a more perfect union?
But perhaps: How can we form a more inclusive union?
January 22, 2021
Ask not: Where can I find signs of hope?
But perhaps: Who will hope together with me?
January 21, 2021
Ask not: How do we make meaning out of tragedy and loss?
But perhaps: How can we get through this tragedy and come out as better people?
January 20, 2021
Ask not: What does this poem mean?
But perhaps: How can this poem become part of my speech?
January 19, 2021
Ask not: Why does God need our thanksgiving and praise?
But perhaps: How is thanks an integral part of giving and praise the final touch of grace?
January 18, 2021
Ask not:What are the marks, or signs, or notes of the true church?(Reformation confessions)
But perhaps: How can people know that we are following Jesus? (John 13:35)
January 17, 2021
Ask not: How can I know the truth that will set me free?
But perhaps: How can I participate in a community committed to honesty?
January 16, 2021
Ask not: What is price of this course of action?
But perhaps: Will this course of action make me more myself? (Dag Hammarskjöld)
January 15, 2021
Ask not: What is making me angry?
But perhaps: What other emotions am I feeling that are connected with my feelings of anger?
January 14, 2021
Ask not: How strong is this person’s support for President Trump?
But perhaps: How much of this person’s identity have they ceded to Donald Trump?
January 13, 2021
Ask not: How has can I put my best foot forward?
But perhaps: Where does my foot want to step?
January 12, 2021
Ask not: How has God changed my life?
But perhaps: How is God changing my life? How is God inviting me to repent?
January 11, 2021
Ask not: How can I know what to believe?
But perhaps: How can my beliefs help me to know?
January 10, 2021
Ask not: How can I become free?
But perhaps: How can we demand honesty from and for ourselves?
(Jesus: “The truth will set you free.” Timothy Snyder: “You can’t lie your way to freedom.”)
January 9, 2021
Ask not: What can I say to give hope to this person in their despair?
But perhaps: Can I summon the courage to walk with this person in their despair?
January 8, 2021
Ask not: What’s the truth?
But perhaps: Who can I trust to be honest?
January 7, 2021
Ask not: Which of us will back down?
But perhaps: Can we take one step forward together?
January 6, 2021
Ask not: How do I get it right?
But perhaps: How can I learn from each misstep?
January 5, 2021
Ask not: How can we debunk conspiracy theories?
But perhaps: How can we make conspiracy thinking less attractive?
January 4, 2021
Ask not: What is the plan (will of God) for my life?
But perhaps: What desires (will of God) can move me to action?
January 3, 2021
Ask not: How can I find my self?
But perhaps: How can I tap into a love of life?
January 2, 2021
Ask not: What is justice?
But perhaps: How can we work together for the good of us all?