Learning Activities

Use any of the activities listed here as preparation, complement or follow-up for your experience with Sustaining Simplicity: A Journal.


Workshop, “Introducing the Journal”

Finding some other people

Talking together: starting a conversation group

Prizing the journal people

Starter Activity: Taking a gut check

Bible conversation guide:
Why worship a block of wood?

Bible conversation guide: True wealth

Stimulating Bible references

Simplicity starter vocabulary

Conversation encouragers 1

Conversations encouragers 2

A sermon starter for a memorial service

Small group discussion guide:
Hopelessly out of date

Small group discussion guide:
Life in the slow lane

Small group discussion guide:
Prayers for materialists

Youth program:
What’s important, really?