Week 5: Chapter 4 — The Glorious Gift of Unhurried Time

1.Eldredge borrows the famous observation — often attributed to Dallas Willard — that hurry is one of the greatest enemies of the spiritual life. Do you agree? What has hurry cost you personally in terms of your relationship with God, others, or yourself?

2.He distinguishes between being busy (having many things to do) and being hurried (the inner state of always rushing even when you technically have time). Have you experienced that distinction? What does being hurried feel like in your soul?

3.Eldredge describes 'unhurried time' as one of the great gifts we can give our souls — stretches of open, unscheduled, undirected time. When did you last have a truly unhurried hour or afternoon? What did it feel like, and what made it possible?