{"id":34445,"date":"2026-05-13T19:13:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T23:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=34445"},"modified":"2026-05-13T19:29:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T23:29:46","slug":"worship-wednesday-how-was-your-week-asking-better-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=34445","title":{"rendered":"Worship Wednesday – “How Was Your Week?” – Asking Better Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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We are in a culture that has lost much of its curiosity. Asking questions seems intrusive and not honoring what might be considered private. What a shame, really! It moves us to give the appearance we don’t really want to know the person in front of us. Settling for the few word answer to questions like “How’s your week been?”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When we do ask questions, we can move past small talk by being curious, even with strangers. Asking questions (beyond “How’s your week been?”) opens the door to the person in front of us to experience being seen…and valued. Just yesterday, I was with a friend younger than me by a lot, a mom of a toddler and newborn. This amazing young woman seems to have the gift of asking great questions. It always recharges my own curiosity because of her genuine interest in people – which clearly included me yesterday morning. I felt seen and better known. And valued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pastor Cliff’s sermon <\/a>this week focused on asking better questions. He drew on John 4<\/a> – Jesus speaking to the woman at the well. Depending on the translation, he didn’t ask many questions in this conversation, but he did draw her out and invited reflection. He lingered in conversation with a woman who had known the terrible judgment of others, but she experienced welcome from him. At the end of their talk that day, she ran back to the village, a women who felt known and not judged, influencing many others to experience what she had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people, \u201cCome, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?\u201d So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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