Time:
3:00pm Central Europe / Central Africa (4:00pm East Africa Time / Jerusalem, 2:00pm UK, 9:00am USA Eastern, 6:30pm India Time)
Meeting Theme:
Many Christians have learned to equate faithfulness with comfort, calm, and unity at all costs. But Scripture tells a different story. God often calls people into places of discomfort—not to destroy them, but to transform them. In the story of Moses, the burning bush is not a retreat from pain but a commission into it. Jesus walks the same narrow road, confronting injustice, crossing boundaries, and embodying a peace that disturbs false peace.
In this session, we’ll reflect together on how we’ve learned to avoid conflict, how false peace can hide harm, and how God might be inviting us into sacred discomfort as part of God’s peacebuilding mission. Through Scripture, real-life examples, and guided conversation, we’ll explore how to recognize the holy ground in conflict and follow Jesus’ narrow road toward courageous discipleship.
Discussion questions:
Where do you see the difference between false peace and the shalom/eirene Jesus promises?
In your experience, what kinds of discomfort do Christians tend to avoid—and why?
How might the “discomfort zone” be the very place God is calling you?
What might it look like to take off your sandals in this moment—removing the barriers that insulate you from pain and truth?
How can your community move from avoiding conflict to engaging it as part of God’s peacebuilding mission?
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