Week 1: Introduction — "I'm With You"

1.Bob opens by describing his sense that God is not a distant observer but someone who is genuinely "with" us. What is your gut reaction to that idea — does it feel obvious, surprising, or a little uncomfortable? Why?

2.He frames the book as a collection of stories rather than a list of principles. Why do you think he chose stories as his primary vehicle? What can a story do that a bullet-point list cannot?

3.The publisher description calls Bob "the world's best-kept secret." What do you think that means, and what does it suggest about the kind of faith Bob is modeling — is it loud or quiet? Public or personal?