Cole McGee - "Wholeness and Mission"

Redemption Church KC Sermon Podcast

1. While sharing about his experiences dealing with infertility, Cole shared that though he deeply loved and cared for the church he was a part of in the past, he also had a sense that in that place and at that time, he didn’t have a community, a faith, and an understanding of God that were deep enough to support him.

What’s your response to this idea? Does it resonate for you? Does it seem surprising? Cole also talked about some of the questions that surfaced in those experiences for him: “how do I bring God into this?” “Can God fix this…?”

If you have experiences of a time in your faith that feel parallel, share about them with the group. What were those realizations about your own faith-space like for you? Share about any questions you wrestled with, whether they were the same or different from those Cole shared.

2. In the video about “Wholeness,” Tim said that wholeness isn’t about becoming someone who lacks nothing or who has nothing missing. What do you this about this idea. What is wholeness? Suggest some words that might help to define it. Suggest some ways in which you can identify it either in yourself or in others.

If there was anything else that jumped out to you from the Wholeness video, share about it with the group.

3. In the video talking about “Mission,” Tim suggested the question, “if you don’t die tonight - if you wake up tomorrow - what are you going to do with your life?” When posed within the framework of mission, how would you answer this question today?

How does your answer today differ from an answer you may have given in the past?

Do you have a sense of “mission” in the world? In your world? To what extent does the idea of God’s mission influence your life? When and how does it show up?