Dot Com(unity Week Four: Waiting on God

It's not fun, but it's a fundamental practice of our faith.

by Sam O'Neal

The study material for this week correctly points out that nobody likes waiting. So let's get right to it for our this week's session of Dot Com(unity).

Getting Started
The opening section of this week's study contains a lot of valuable material. For example, if you've got some time on your hands, you could turn the mock "Waiting Quiz" into a pretty fun experience for your group.

And the Lewis Smedes quote is very, very cool: "Waiting is our destiny. As creatures who cannot by themselves bring about what they hope for, we wait in the darkness for a flame we cannot light. We wait in fear for a happy ending that we cannot write. We wait for a 'not yet' that feels like a 'not ever.'"

But I would especially take the time to cover the first two Discussion Questions: 1) What are you currently waiting for, or have waited for in the past? 2) What about that wait is (or was) difficult? This is a great way for your group members to share a little more of their stories, and even to open up about current struggles and challenges.

Teaching Points
Just a few observations on this week's Teaching Points:

The "Tour of Waiting" that Ortberg goes through in the first paragraphs of Teaching Point One is very interesting, and would probably make a fruitful discussion session all by itself.