Journaling: Motivation

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In each of the following categories we suggest questions to guide the participant in doing his or her own theological work. Please make other suggestions appropriate for your context. Recommend that your group members find their own way into the process. Since this is a program of theological reflection, the following questions may be helpful as a way to begin the journaling process:

• Who is God to you?
• Who is Jesus?
• Who is the Christ?
• Who are you?
• Are humans "fallen"? Sinful? Ignorant?
  Why? How?
• What is sin?
• How have you experienced God? Jesus? The Holy Spirit?
• How important is the Bible to your faith life? Your work?
• What are your favorite Scripture passages or devotional readings?
• Why are they meaningful?
• What is grace?
• What is forgiveness?
• What is salvation? How do you get it? Does it come from outside yourself? From within?
• When have you experienced grace or forgiveness?
• When have you forgiven another?
• How does God fit into your experience of human forgiveness?
• What does transformation look like? How does it occur?
• Can you see patterns of dying and coming alive again in your experience?
• What have been your resurrection/transformation moments?
• Who/what has been instrumental in these experiences?

Finally...


• What was your day like today?
• With whom did you relate well? Poorly?
• How could you see God moving in any relationship today?
• What happened today (or this week) that relates to your theological perceptions (of God, Jesus, sin, grace, faith)?
• What changes do you see in your life that may be related to a new understanding of your faith?