StoneBridge Community Church
Associate Pastor Cynthia Purvis
Personal Reflection/Small Group Discussion Questions:
1. How do you respond to awkwardness? Do you laugh? Avoid it? Cringe?
2. Have you ever had an awkward moment that you feel comfortable sharing with others?
John 8:1-5 NLT
Leviticus 20:10 NLT
Personal Reflection/Small Group Discussion Questions:
1. Have you had a conversation about your faith with a stranger? How did that turn out? What did you learn through that conversation either about yourself or the other person?
2. Awkwardness means “turned in the wrong direction.” How is awkwardness an opportunity to see our sin? Or see areas in our lives that aren’t healthy?
3. What are some examples of things people can’t see in themselves?
4. Has someone ever described you in a way that was different from the way you see yourself? Was it a positive description or negative one?
5. Why do you think they described you that way?
Personal Reflection/Small Group Discussion Questions:
1. On a scale of 1-10, how comfortable are you with the idea of embracing awkward moments?
2. Have you ever been in the spotlight and had your mind go blank? How did you react? How did the people around you react?
3. When you see someone else's awkward moment how do you feel?
4. On average how many awkward moments do you think you have in a day? Is it helpful to know that other people are awkward too?
John 8:6-8 NLT
John 8:9-11 NLT
Romans 12:3-4 NLT
Personal Reflection/Small Group Discussion Questions:
1. We often think of empathy as the ability to understand another person. How can empathy be dangerous? What kinds of people demonstrate a toxic kind of empathy?
2. What kinds of people do you not understand at all? Who in your life do you have cognitive empathy for? What about compassionate empathy?
3. Do you think watching someone else’s awkward moments can make you more compassionate? Why/why not?
4. Cognitive empathy alone leads to contempt. Compassionate empathy leads to kindness. How can we take steps toward kindness?
