Safe People by Henry Cloud & John Townsend
Week 9: Finding Safe People and Safe Places
Read the chapters on finding and building safe relationships and communities. Key passages: Hebrews 10:24–25; Acts 2:42–47.
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Knowing what safety looks like is one thing — knowing where and how to find it is another. This week the authors get practical about building the relational ecosystem we all need.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Cloud and Townsend argue that safe people are not found accidentally — you have to actively look for and cultivate them. What has your approach to building relationships been — mostly passive (waiting for the right people to show up) or mostly active (intentionally seeking and investing)? What has that approach produced?
2.The authors suggest that the church — when it is functioning as it should — is the primary community where safe relationships should be found and grown. Does this match your experience of church? What does your church do well in creating genuine community, and where does it fall short?
3.Cloud and Townsend describe the kind of community in Acts 2 — devoted to teaching, fellowship, prayer, and sharing life together — as the model for safe community. What would it look like in your specific context to pursue this kind of depth rather than surface-level fellowship?
a.What barriers (time, fear, past hurt) prevent you from going deeper in community?
b.What is one specific, concrete step you could take toward this kind of community this month?
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