Women's Bible Study Icebreaker Questions Novels & Stories

"Yes!" --- Thirty women filled the room by mid-morning, their faces smeared and their eyes full of hope. Amiriam was among them, unflustered and firm. Welcome to this weekend getaway," she began. "This is a space to heal. To be heard. And to simply be." The women all nodded, some of them crying. Several of them glanced over at Luke. He nodded toward Amiriam. --- The first exercise: "Finding a Word for Now." The participants jotted down one-word answers to describe how they felt in the moment.

Sensing my anxiety, James adds, “Do you know a game where we can ask questions to get to know each other?” I straighten my back, sigh, then announce, “The game is called, ‘I’ve never’.” Over the women’s excited clapping, I explain, “I’ll start with a few examples before we rotate around the group.” I signal around the circle clockwise. “If you have done what I prompt, you drink. If not, you watch.” I assess their understanding by meeting their gazes. “As the prompter, I can use things I have or haven’t done. I can use intimate details I know about others to force them to drink.” I raise my eyebrows to Jackson and Kennedy. “Let’s practice before I let everyone have a turn.”

“Great, now that the Gondi mystery has been solved, let’s get to tonight’s discussion. The topic, What does it mean to me to be Jewish? was emailed to you, so you should all have some really brilliant answers. Anna, you’ll go last since you didn’t have anything to prepare, or you can just pass if you’d prefer.” “That’s okay. Being Jewish means I can discuss intellectual topics while eating too much food at the same time.” The women laughed. “I’m sure I can come up with something better than that, or I’ll just plagiarize one of you when it’s my turn.” “You’ll be fine. No one is going to judge you. It’s a safe place to express your opinions, even if they’re wrong.” “We’re never wrong,” shouted

“Did someone provoke you to jump on the rooftop?” A confused expression ran across the young woman's face. “Provoke? No, I was willing to do that. How come you say that?" Her eyes crinkled as she stared at Ameira. Ameira changed the topic and asked her again, "Do you believe in God?" “Wait—Are you interrogating me now?”

I want to ask him this. "Sure." He responded. "Let's talk about few years ago, did you have feelings for me? True or False." I said then he smiled sweetly. "Yeah. I have feelings for you few years ago." He said and I was shocked. "Really?" I asked him again. "Yeah." He replied. Is it okay to be happy right now when I know the truth? "Why you don't tell me before?" I asked. "Number one rule on ice breaker is that we will never be asking a follow up question, right? It's your last question so it's my turn now." He said and then read the questions that he picked.

I see,” I said, feigning understanding. “So, now, having and enjoying sex makes a girl a slut.” “That’s not what I meant,” Kaylee defended quickly, suddenly self-conscious; something I figured had to do with that whole feminism parade she had going on a few months ago. “Then what do you mean?” “Well that… that uh…” But it was another voice that helped her out – Hailey Johnson, the leader of the school's church group. “No one is implying anything here, Stephanie. But according to the Bible, sexual immorality is something detestable to the Lord. And it is not too late for all who’ve been misled towards such path to change.” For someone who wasn’t implying anything, she sure implied a lo