Chapter 20 · Section Five, Stage 3: Probe
External and Internal Crossings
The external crossing is the occasion. The internal one is the point.
The question this chapter asks
What is the internal crossing underneath the external one?
Practice
10 minutes
Outside and inside
In one sentence, write the external crossing. In another, write the internal one. Mark the one that was harder to write.
For the group
Have you made the external crossing but not the internal one, or the reverse? Which one are you avoiding? Say it.
For the leader
Most people have done the external part, moved, changed jobs, signed up, but not the internal part, let go of the old identity, grieved, changed how they see themselves. Name the pattern.
If your group prays together
Test everything. Hold on to what is good.
Optional.