1. How have you thought about the ascension up to this point in your life of faith? Have you thought much about it? Where does (or has) it fit in to your overall sense of the gospels’ story? What kinds of question and curiosity does it bring up for you? 

2. In her sermon, Mandy said, “we live, like the disciples, in the space between blessing & fulfillment.” How does this statement resonate for you right now? How real does it feel? How does it fit in with your own experiences of the ebbs and flows of hope?

3. Mandy also talked about the church as a place that “becomes a place where heaven & earth still meet.”

How does this idea sit with you? Does this feel like a far away, theoretical idea? like a real and consistently present reality? Something in between? Depends on the day?

If you have had an experience during which the church felt like a place where heaven and earth still met, what was it like? What made it such an experience? When was the last time? What factors do you think set the conditions for that kind of experience?