Example: would be some possible ways that you might respond to...?” if you were to “What “So, do that, what do you see as some of the potential ways others might react?” Asking probing questions can help people explore options or possibilities in a given situation they are facing. Help People Remain Concrete and Practical Example: Person A: don’t like this curriculum it all. It’s full of boring that I already know.” “I Person B: sorts of things in this curriculum have you already done?” “What Vague generalizations and nebulous statements are often not very helpful. Asking probing questions can help bring the conversation into more productive territory. Leader Resource: 1 Back to Back Tangram Building Taking It Home Come sit by our fire and let us share stories. Let me hear your tales of far off lands, wanderer, and I will tell you of my travels. Share your experience of the holy with me, worshipper, and I will tell you of that which I find divine. Come and stay, lover of leaving, for ours is no caravan of despair, but of hope. We would hear your stories of grief and sorrow as readily as those of joy and laughter, for there is a time and a place and a hearing for all the stories of this world. Stories are the breath and word of the spirit of life, that power that we name love. Come, for our fire is warm and we have seats for all. Come, again and yet again, come speak to me of what fills your heart, what engages your mind, what resides in your soul. Come, let us worship together. Worship Web –
Example: “What would be some possible ways that you might respond to...?” “So, if you were to do that, what do you see as some of the potential ways others might react?” Asking probing questions can help people explore options or possibilities in a given situation they are facing. Help People Remain Concrete and Practical Example: Person A: “I don’t like this curriculum it all. It’s full of boring that I already know.” Person B: “What sorts of things in this curriculum have you already done?” Vague generalizations and nebulous statements are often not very helpful. Asking probing questions can help bring the conversation into more productive territory. Leader Resource: 1 Back to Back Tangram Building Taking It Home Come sit by our fire and let us share stories. Let me hear your tales of far off lands, wanderer, and I will tell you of my travels. Share your experience of the holy with me, worshipper, and I will tell you of that which I find divine. Come and stay, lover of leaving, for ours is no caravan of despair, but of hope. We would hear your stories of grief and sorrow as readily as those of joy and laughter, for there is a time and a place and a hearing for all the stories of this world. Stories are the breath and word of the spirit of life, that power that we name love. Come, for our fire is warm and we have seats for all. Come, again and yet again, come speak to me of what fills your heart, what engages your mind, what resides in your soul. Come, let us worship together. – Worship Web
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