Hello! I hope you’re all having a wonderful winter. I recently joined a Facebook discussion group on the book Holy Hygge by Jamie Erickson. So far, it’s been such a great book, even if I haven’t been able to join any of the discussions so far, reading with a group keeps me consistently reading this book.
I have been loving Erickson’s take on taking the idea of “hygge” and making it work for us as Christians. How we can use it in our relationships, home and beyond. I’m not going to get too far into details, because I honestly think you should read this book for yourself – it’s that good!
However, I do want to share one of Erickson’s ideas, which is to ask questions at dinnertime that don’t require a simple “yes” or “no”. I loved this idea, so much that I decided I would like to have the questions readily available, on my dinner table, at all times, to get into the habit of asking these types of questions.
I initially made this document for myself, but I decided so many others could benefit from it, and I thought I would share it here.
I cut them all out with my mom’s old photograph cutter, and here they sit on my table, in our napkin holder (which currently holds our memory verses) and I plan on using paperclips to separate the questions. I also printed a few blank ones as well, so that we could write in our own questions as we get used to asking probing questions.
There are 3 sets of questions, according to Erickson:
1) questions to ask your family each day
2) questions for when you have company, to get to know people
3) questions for company when talking about religion
She notes to not use questions in section 3 when just starting to get to know people, as it can be off-putting to some people, and we’re in the business of forming relationship, in order to show them the love and truth of Jesus, and nobody wants to feel judged or belittled on their first time over someone else’s house for dinner.
I hope you all enjoy this little printable freebie, and use it too! Better yet, I hope you read the book which is way more in-depth than this blog post and can lead you better in the concept of “holy hygge”.
