Ten Good Questions

One of my favourite activities is asking questions. There are many reasons to ask questions, and not always to get answers. I never felt discouraged from my parents to ask questions as I grew up even if other people were put off by the nature of them especially as I got more insistent. I am at a stage of life where I realise one or two people might expect me to be in a position to answer these questions (like my first born daughter). It’s interesting being on that end of things.

In any case this is the first in a series of good questions worth asking. Just because I ask them, doesn’t mean I will answer and it doesn’t mean I know the answers. They’re just questions I enjoy asking or engaging in discovering possible answers. These are in no particular order of preference.

1. Why do people in church who are meant to be brothers and sisters, elevate certain types of Christians above others, almost as if there are different ‘classes’ of Christian?

2. Which comes first, the holiness of God or His love?

3. Is it really possible to truly understand someone of the opposite gender?

4. Why do people like cheese?

5. How do we overcome cultural barriers to develop a community of people of different backgrounds as a true family of God?

6. Is someone talking for over 15 minutes to you from a pulpit really meant to be the centre point of a church gathering?

7. Which is more important: having money in the bank, or investing in people now?

8. Why did they put toffee as the heart of strawberry Bon-Bons?

9. Why can’t we all just get along?

10. If this was your last day on earth and there was one person you could spend it with, who would it be?

Anyone who has asked a question before, knows there are plenty more good questions worth asking and more is to come in the fullness of time, but these are some to be getting on with.

For His Name’s Sake

Shalom

C. L. J. Dryden