Ruth Week 2

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Scripture Reading: Ruth 1:6-21

Opening Question

What words or images do you associate with the word “Home?”

Core Question

1

How do Naomi, Ruth, and Orpah seem to define home?

Core Question

2

What do you think Naomi’s motives were for sending her daughters-in-law home to their birth families?

Core Question

3

What is amazing about Ruth’s decision to stay with Naomi?  Do you think Orpah did anything wrong by leaving?

Core Question

4

Consider Brennan Manning’s take on homelessness (from Dear Abba):

In our society we have many homeless people sleeping not only on the streets in shelters or in welfare hotels, but vagabonds who are in flight, who never come home to themselves.  They seek a safe place through alcohol or drugs, or security in success, competence, friends, pleasure, notoriety, knowledge, or even a little religion.  They have become strangers to themselves, people who have an address but are never at home, who never hear the voice of love or experience the freedom of God’s children.

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Closing Question:

How can the church be “home” for us? 

How have you experienced this?