Before the Session

• Have the Bible Background Video ready to view.
• Review today’s scripture text and the session activities to help better facilitate the discussion.
• Encourage your group to listen to the FaithElement podcast ahead of the next session (Share the link via email or social media).

Context (From the Media Session Page)

Share the song Mr. Simon and ask:

• What most stands out about this classic song and why?
• In what ways have you encountered people whose church experience is like “Mr. Simon’s?”
• Where have you seen people whose experience is more like the other guy in the story?
• To what degree do you think church is a place of “posturing” where we come to participate in or put on a show, versus a place where we come to address the fact that we are “broken” in some way?
• How do we know when we are only “slightly wrinkled” versus “reborn?”

Content (from the Mind Session Page)

Have someone read aloud Luke 18:9-14 then play the Bible Background Video and ask: