Ice Breaker – Lunch With A Bible Hero

Each week on The Stretched Blog, we ask an ice breaker question.  The questions are designed to help us get to know each other here in The Stretched Community.  I’ll provide my answer to the question here in the post, and then you can leave your response in the comments.  While you’re in the comments section, see how others answered the ice breaker question.

Question:  If you could have lunch with someone from the Bible (besides Jesus), who would it be?  Why?

My Answer:  I think my answer would probably change from time to time, but for right now I think it would be pretty amazing to have lunch with David.  David was known as a man after God’s own heart.  He made plenty of mistakes, but he seemed to always come back to God.  As a writer, I think it would be interesting to talk to him about his own writing.  In a way, the Psalms are kind of like a blog from ancient days, and David is responsible for writing many of these poems.  I would ask him about his faith.  I would listen as he described God.  After lunch, I’d see if we could head down to the local rock quarry, so he could teach me a thing or two about slinging stones.

There you have it – my answer.  Now, it’s your turn.  Answer this week’s ice breaker question by leaving a comment.  I look forward to reading your response!

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  • http://deuceology.wordpress.com Larry Carter

    I would say John the Baptist, but I don’t think I would like locusts and wild honey.

    • http://jonstolpe.com/ Jon Stolpe

      You never know until you give it a try. Maybe you need to try it prepared in different way. Locust and wild honey ice cream – Yum!

  • http://www.tnealtarver.wordpress.com TNeal

    I’d like to sit down with the guy born blind (John 9) and healed by Jesus. I’d even pay (preferably lunch prices).

    • http://jonstolpe.com/ Jon Stolpe

      Interesting choice, Tom.

  • http://www.leahadams.org/ Leah Adams

    Joshua. What a leader! Although he made a couple of key mistakes, he led with courage and absolute faith. I want to be like him when I grow up.

    • http://jonstolpe.com/ Jon Stolpe

      I did a character study on Joshua a few years ago. He would be an interesting lunch date.

  • http://thomasmasonblog.com/ Thomas Mason

    I would like to sit down with David as well. He’s my favorite bible character mainly because he had a melancholic personality much like myself.

    • http://jonstolpe.com/ Jon Stolpe

      Great minds think alike!

  • http://www.jeffrandleman.com Jeff Randleman

    Noah. The world’s first extended cruise. There’s so much I’d like to ask about his faith and his experiences.

    • http://jonstolpe.com/ Jon Stolpe

      Great choice. I’d wait until after the flood to have lunch with him though. That boat had to be pretty smelly.

  • http://byrdmouse.com Jonathan

    I’d like to have lunch with Japeth. They ran him off, then begged him to come back to lead the nation against their invaders. I started a story years ago (before I stumbled across the lesser known biblical character) that I decided to edit my story to mimic, so I have lots of questions for him.

    • http://jonstolpe.com/ Jon Stolpe

      Not an answer that I would have anticipated. This is one of the reasons that I like these Ice Breaker questions. He can learn so much about people.

  • arny

    Caleb.

    • http://jonstolpe.com/ Jon Stolpe

      Why Caleb?

  • http://danblackonleadership.com/ Dan Black

    That’s a tough one I would chose King Solomon because of his wisdom.

    • http://jonstolpe.com/ Jon Stolpe

      I think he would add some tremendous thoughts for your blog.

  • http://www.facebook.com/dstolpe David Paul Stolpe

    Peter, flawed, passionate, impulsive, probably had ADHD. My kind of guy.

    • http://jonstolpe.com/ Jon Stolpe

      That makes sense to me. I love how God picked Peter to build His church. God can use each of us in might ways to serve Him and build His kingdom. I bet Peter would even enjoy a beer or two during your lunch.