Reflection Questions: Chapter 7, "Patience"

Reflection Questions for Chapter 7, "Patience", pp. 87-100

1. How do the authors describe "living in clock time" (95)? How is that kind of living different from living in the "patient moments" (96)?

2. The authors claim that "[it] is not difficult to recognize people who are patient" (99). Using the authors' definitions of people who are patient, can you think of one or two individuals who exhibit this patience? How do they embody "the compassionate presence of God" (98)? In prayer, give thanks for their presence in your life and reflect on how your life has been changed by them.

3. "God calls by giving a new name", say the authors (88). What name does God call you? What name do you use to answer God? How are you called on this mission trip? In life?