Questions to Ask Friends or Acquaintances
I would talk about myself all the time if given the chance. It's vanity, and I hate it. One way that I fight that is to ask good questions of other people. I ask questions at our family meals. I try to think in advance of questions to ask friends when we get coffee or acquaintances when I go out to a lunch for pastors. I like to think of questions to ask at our dinner table or when I am meeting with friends or new acquaintances. I want them to be really good questions and not goofy youth group icebreakers. Here are a few that spark good conversations: What are you excited about? This could be about work or family or hobbies. What are you working on? What problem are you working on? What from your previous career makes you better at your current job? I asked a new friend who had been a newspaper editor how his time as a journalist made him a better pastor. That sparked a great conversation and he told some interesting stories. What are you learning or enjoying about Christ? I...