Kisses from Katie by Katie Davis Majors
Week 3: Chapter 2 — "Learning to Love"
Read Chapter 2 of Kisses from Katie. Key Scripture: 1 John 3:16-18; Romans 5:8.
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Love that costs nothing changes nothing — this chapter invites us to examine what it actually means to love the way Jesus loved.
Discussion Questions
6 questions1.In this chapter, Katie begins to encounter the daily, unglamorous realities of life among Uganda's poor — sickness, hunger, death, bureaucracy. What surprised her most? What surprised you most reading about it?
2.Katie reflects on the difference between loving people from a comfortable distance (sending a check, saying a prayer) and loving people up close (touching, staying, being inconvenienced). Which form of love comes more naturally to you, and why?
3.1 John 3:17-18 asks: "If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth." How does Katie's early ministry in Uganda embody this passage? How does it convict or challenge you?