Chapter 13 · Section Three, Stage 1: Promise
Creating the Future
The crossing that creates the future often begins in the bleak place.
The question this chapter asks
What are you building now that the future depends on?
Practice
20 minutes
An ordinary Tuesday
Describe an ordinary Tuesday on the other side of this crossing in two hundred words. Read it back once and underline the detail that surprised you.
For the group
Seth started Adventures from nothing, no money, no plan, a pregnant wife. Has anyone in the group started something from a place that looked bleak? What made you go anyway?
For the leader
If no one has a founding story, shift the question: "What would you start if the bleak place weren't a disqualifier?"
If your group prays together
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
Optional.