Week 8: Chapter 7 — Commit

1.Jennie makes a strong case that we live in a commitment-averse culture — one that keeps our options open and treats relationships as interchangeable and dispensable. Where do you see that cultural value operating in your own relational life? How has it cost you?

2.She challenges readers to identify specific people and commit to them — not a concept of community, but actual named people. Who are the people you feel called to pursue and invest in right now? Write their names down. What does committing to them actually look like in practice?

3.Jennie talks about the difference between romantic relationships and friendships in terms of the commitment we're culturally willing to make — we speak vows to spouses but rarely make any kind of intentional commitment to friends. Does that asymmetry ring true in your experience? What would it look like to make a more deliberate commitment to a friend?