What are you struggling with?

I think this is the question that doesn’t get asked enough — What are you struggling with? It gets asked in certain settings. It gets asked by therapists and doctors. I’ve heard variations of this question in other settings too — What are the financial obstacles that the organization is facing? The military is really good at this question — what is our opponent doing?

But I’m wondering — do we ask this question well in the church? In some places I think we do. And in some places I think we miss opportunities. There’s a variety of reasons for that of course. We can come up with…