Cure for the Common Life Book Discussion Group
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An interactive group discussing Cure for the Common Life.
Members: 163
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About the Group
Cure for the Common Life was the first book in the new Max Lucado Book Club. While the live book group opportunities have ended, it's not too late to participate in the conversation and continue your own private study. The discussion questions can be found below and we welcome continued input.
Also, each week we offered live book discussions, which are still available for viewing:
About the Book
Ever swung a baseball bat or paddled a Ping-Pong ball? If so, you know the oh-so-nice feel of the sweet spot. Life in the sweet spot rolls like the downhill side of a downwind bike ride. But you don’t have to swing a bat or a club to know this. What engineers give sports equipment, God gives you. A zone, a region, a life precinct in which you are made to dwell. He tailored the curves of your life to fit an empty space in his jigsaw puzzle. And life makes sweet sense when you find your spot.
But if you’re like 70 percent of working adults, you haven’t found it. You don’t find meaning in your work, or you don’t believe your talents are used. What can you do? You’re suffering from the common life, and you desperately need a cure.
In Cure for the Common Life Max offers practical tools for exploring and identifying your own uniqueness, motivation to put your strengths to work, and the perfect prescription for finding and living in your sweet spot for the rest of your life.
Don’t yet have a copy of the book? Order here.
The winners of the Cure for the Common Life book giveaway have been selected. To see a list of winners click here. Please note: Only first and last initial were used in order to protect your privacy.
Discussion Forum
Chapter 3: What are your characteristics? 9 Replies
God planned and packed you on purpose for his purpose. “It is God himself who has made us what we are and given us new lives from Christ Jesus; and long ages ago he planned that we should spend these…Continue
Tags: purpose, characteristics, God, Life, Common
Started by Jeff Loper. Last reply by Steven Zlomke Apr 21.
Chapter 15: Do Something You Don’t Want to Do 2 Replies
Paul wrote: “If you think you are too important to help someone in need, you are only fooling yourself. You are really a nobody” (Gal. 6:3 NLT)We are all likely guilty of finding ourselves too…Continue
Tags: Common, Life, Galatians, Paul, the
Started by Jeff Loper. Last reply by Steven Zlomke Jul 23, 2011.
Chapter 14: For the Parents Out There – Discussion 2 2 Replies
What S.T.O.R.Y. do you read in your child?Strengths: What abilities come easily for them?Topics: What do your children like? What projects enrapture them? In which topics are they delightfully lost?…Continue
Tags: parents, Life, parenting, children, S.T.O.R.Y.
Started by Jeff Loper. Last reply by Sandy Nielsen Jul 22, 2011.
Chapter 14: For the Parents Out There – Discussion 3 5 Replies
The greatest gift you can give your children is not your riches, but revealing to them their own.Parents, as you’ve helped your children discover their own riches, what advice do you have that can…Continue
Tags: parents, Life, parenting, children, advice
Started by Jeff Loper. Last reply by Patricia Violet Joy Jul 22, 2011.
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Comment by Steven Zlomke on July 28, 2011 at 2:45pm -
The format that we had worked well for me. Maybe we could make some changes just to see if we can get more people to join in. The only thing that I would like would be a book that centers around some scripture. I feel I need to be more into God's word...(just me) But, I would join in doing any one of Max's books.
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Comment by Patricia Violet Joy on July 27, 2011 at 10:08am -
As I said below I'd like to do 'Fearless'. Timing doesn't matter too much as long as you add seven hours, which is the time difference between our two countries. The timing for me was just right at it started at 8pm my time, but I realise it wasn't too good for a lot in America as it was lunch time, but please not after work there or I'll be having to stay up until the early hours to take part.
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Comment by Liz Johnson on July 27, 2011 at 9:22am -
Thanks so much to all who have participated in the Cure for the Common Life book club both during the week and also during the Friday video chats. (Remember that if you missed a Friday video chat, you can watch past discussions, posted in the About the Group section above.)
We'd love to get your feedback. (Thanks Patricia and Steven for sharing yours.) Would you like to do another book club? Was the 6-week format about right or should it have been longer or shorter? When is the best time to do the video discussions? Which of Max's books would you like to read next?
Thanks again! We loved getting to spend time with you all!
-The Lucado Team
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Comment by Patricia Violet Joy on July 22, 2011 at 11:49am
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Yes please, another book club book. How about Fearless. By the way, thank you for the discussions. Living a fair way from my church and church collageues it was like having a Bible study without leaving home
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Comment by Steven Zlomke on July 22, 2011 at 12:55am
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Just wanted to say it has been fun learning with everyone. This was a new experience for me and would do it again. And thank you for all of you who shared with the group. :) I hope God has blessed you as much as He has me. :) I won't be at the live discussion (7/22)..I have a project to do this afternoon, a servanthood event..I have to start putting into practice what I've read.
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Comment by Steven Zlomke on July 11, 2011 at 11:53am
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continuing my last comment. We are also discussing chapters 12 & 13 this week as well.
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Comment by Steven Zlomke on July 11, 2011 at 11:51am
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Birgit, I'd like to give you the same advice as Patricia. Give it a try! Actually it is a great time to start. We are starting a new section this week, Section 3. And Chp 11, I think it is really good because it deals with how we handle the job we are presently in, good or bad. I do hope you give it a try and I see some of your comments posted. We are
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Comment by Patricia Violet Joy on July 11, 2011 at 11:19am
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Birgit, don't worry about it too much, a lot of the discussion is quite explanitory. I work from home with a charity my husband and I started, so often have meetings, work in the field, accounts, admin and the kids to see to, so I am mostly a chapter of two behind, but I still manage to follow the comments and participate. Try it for a week or two, you can do it.
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Comment by Birgit Nicolaisen on July 11, 2011 at 11:01am -
I have been unable to keep up with the reading schedule so have been unable to participate. I won a free book, but by the time it arrived the discussion was already well under way. I will read the book, as I do enjoy Max's writing, but will not be participating in the discussion. :(
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Comment by Shellyann James on July 5, 2011 at 11:41pm
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For the pass few weeks I've had alot going on and so I missed out on alot of the discussions and video chats, to be honest I wasn't sure if I should continue because I've missed so much. I must say that I really do enjoy coming reading the comments as well as shearing, this group is helping me to slowly look at myself/life in a whole different lite. So even though I still have alot of things going on I'm going to try my best to stay on tract.
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