Everybody, Always by Bob Goff
Week 11: Finding the Right Friends and the Upside of Failure
Read the chapters in Everybody, Always on friendship, community, and learning from failure. Key passage: Proverbs 27:17; John 15:13–15 (Jesus calls us friends).
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Bob insists that loving everybody doesn't mean loving nobody in particular — that deep, particular friendships are part of what forms us into the kind of people who can love well. And failure, he says, is one of the best teachers in that process.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Bob draws a distinction between being friendly to everybody and having deep, formative friendships with specific people. How do you hold those two things together — loving everybody while also investing deeply in a few?
2.Jesus called twelve disciples into close relationship and described them as 'friends' (John 15:15). What does it mean to you that the God of the universe describes Himself as your friend — not just your King or your Savior?
3.Think about the people who have shaped you most deeply in your faith and in your capacity to love others. What specifically did they do or say that made a difference?
a.Are you currently playing that kind of role in anyone else's life? What does that look like?
b.If you're not, what would it take to show up that way for someone this season?
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