Everybody, Always by Bob Goff
Week 3: The Witch Doctor — Loving the Difficult and the Different
Read the chapters in Everybody, Always describing Bob's relationship with the Ugandan witch doctor. Key passage: Luke 19:1–10 (Jesus and Zacchaeus).
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Bob's unlikely friendship with a witch doctor in Uganda is one of the most striking illustrations in the book — a reminder that Jesus has a long history of pursuing exactly the people everyone else has written off. Come ready to think about who you've quietly written off.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Bob describes going out of his way to build a relationship with a Ugandan witch doctor — someone most Christians would avoid or argue with. What strikes you most about how he approached that relationship?
2.Goff doesn't lead with a theological argument or a gospel presentation. He leads with genuine curiosity and friendship. What do you think about that approach? What does it risk, and what does it make possible?
3.The story of Zacchaeus shows Jesus pursuing someone the whole community had categorized as 'the wrong kind of person.' Who are the Zacchaeuses in your community — people who have been collectively decided upon as not worth the effort?
a.What would it look like to climb down from your 'sycamore tree' and go to their house?
b.How does the crowd's reaction to Jesus dining with Zacchaeus mirror the way Christians sometimes respond when a fellow believer befriends the 'wrong' kind of person?