From this morning, plus some others we didn’t get to:

• Page 18 says, “Big dreams come with big challenges.” Write down in two columns: What are your big dreams? What are the big challenges keeping your big dreams?
• The brothers write on page 19, “A campaign—like any movement or revolution—isn’t really a faceless mass. It’s a collection of individuals who join together on the same cause for a reason. It’s ordinary people who decide to step out and be part of something big. That’s when they become extraordinary.” What’s the biggest thing you’ve ever been a part of?
• If you didn’t say the church for the last question, you should have! Do you think of yourself as joined together on the same cause with other Christians to build the church? Or are you here because your parents are here? What would it take for you to own this? What is the reason behind this cause that we are giving ourselves to (the church?)
• On page 21, a girl named Heidi explains, “During this whole campaign, God had been doing amazing things. I think I have grown more in these past few months than the whole year before.” Describe a time in your life when you grow significantly in spiritual ways. What contributed to this growth? What is holding you back from growing now?

From the Official DHT Study Guide:

• Looking back, do you see a season, a book, or an event that changed what you believe or how you live? If so, talk about it. How are you different now?
• One teen told Alex and Brett, “Everyone I know at school is shackled by low expectations.” Could you say the same thing? If so, talk about why.
• Have you ever found yourself responsible for a task that seemed too big for you to succeed at? If so, what happened? Did that experience turn out to be a bad thing or a good thing in your life?
• History shows that youth movements against God-established authority have generally not amounted to much. How do the authors set their message apart from such movements?

Categories: Discussion Questions, Summer Reading '08