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Below are some tips for improving our conversational skills, which strengthen our relationships and help us to eventually hear the faith stories of our friends.

For most new disciples, following Jesus inspires changes in habits and attitudes as we conform ourselves to Christ.

Changes in society, religious education, family, and the Church require that what happened organically within thick social/cultural settings of an earlier age (perhaps) now must be done deliberately.

Before you start asking your small group any of the three types of questions, help the group warm up by planning a launching discussion.

As Catholics we sometimes recoil at this kind of talk. Our experience grounds us in a more communal, sacramental, and gradual process of initiation rites and sanctification, beginning at baptism and maturing throughout life.

If you don’t really know someone, how can you truly love him/her? Do you know his/her answers to the following questions? Perhaps take them to prayer.

Good questions are a critical ingredient in all great discussions. Jesus himself was the master questioner, often responding to questions with deeper questions.