... of Grounded Questions

A dear friend put this clip on Facebook today:
Grounded Questions: Mark Strom



It takes 16 minutes to watch: it is time well spent.


In the clip, the speaker Mark Strom argues for the power of grounded questions.

His conviction: at the heart of every social group is a 'certain' conversation. That conversation opens us up to telling stories, and it is in stories where life-changing moments happen. The way to access those stories is to ask grounded questions.

Mark sets a challenge for us all: if we want to see true shift in people, do we engage their logic, or do we engage their hearts? He argues that we need to engage the heart.

Mark is arguing for the power of the 'person' over the 'principle'. Principles are good; they have their place. But true power to change and be changed comes from the person.

How interesting it is that when God wanted to introduce a life-changing paradigm shift He did it through a person: His Son Jesus Christ.

And Jesus came, and he asked grounded questions and told stories.

And in dying and rising again, he gave us a story.

Are we asking grounded questions, and telling stories?