Sample Questions Generated in Discussion Groups

How can we as individuals build the bridge between The Christian Community and the world in an innovative and joyful way?

 How do we embrace openness and outer community involvement, while also balancing inwardness and our core values?

What hinders the relationship between our movement and other Christian movements and Christians?

How is Christ manifested in diverse Christian and non-Christian faiths and structures?

How can we discern the will of God, while acknowledging the story of the suffering of this land, to inform a renewed evangelism?

How can we as a church reflect the love of Christ in our societies, which have experienced trauma in the name of Christ, and do so in a way that respects the freedom of the other?

How can a wound become a source of rejuvenating blessing?

How can we be sensitive to one another’s wounds while still having the courage and vulnerability to speak truth?

How do I embrace my relationship to sin as an impulse for religious renewal?

What is a task that we can take up towards a co-creation of a body that reflects His all-encompassing reality?

How can what we develop in the Americas help our movement grow beyond our German heritage?

How do we build/develop a consciousness dialogue/listening between North and South?

What do we sacrifice and what do we gain by being more in the head or more in the heart?

How can we improve our relationship between North and South America?

Given all the diverse cultures, geographies, etc. of the Americas, what is being asked of us?

Is there something in the unique geography and natural world of the Americas that can become a doorway to healing the social and political conflicts of our time?

How can we perceive the truth of the incarnation of the Christ in the earth of the Americas?

How do we lovingly relate to the historical suffering that shapes the earth today?

How can our heart embrace God’s working creatively with darkness?

How do we develop and support lay initiatives in the Christian Community?

What have we done in the elemental world by celebrating the service in the chapel this morning?

What do we do to the earth through the sacraments? 

What seeds will be taken from the conference to become future questions?