Study Guides & Group Resources
Learning to see your own moments, not just Kerry’s.
The study guide is where what the book shows becomes something you practice. Use it on your own or with a group: you don’t need to be an expert, and you don’t need a plan.
Find your path
Start with the guide and take it at your own pace. → I’m teaching or leading a group
Ministers, church staff, and group and class leaders: the Leader’s Page and what it gives you. → I want to understand the Room
See what the Room is and how a moment gets shared. → I’d like Kerry to speak
What a talk looks like, and how to request one. →
The study guide
Christian Living / Social Issues: Edition 1
Available November 25, 2026, alongside the book.
For churches, faith-based reading groups and individuals who want to explore the book through a Christian perspective.
Each participant needs their own copy of the book and their own guide.
More editions: in development, dates to be announced. These are future guides for other reader and discussion-group audiences.
“Well organized, well written, gives great points for both study and thought and continues to add more, all important, real life stories. … Both the book and the study guide are good for any and all ages.”— Sean and Janet W., friends of the author
What the guide does
The book shows the mechanism: character caught, not taught. The guide is where that turns into practice. Working through it, alone or with a group, is training in noticing: the small decision nobody was watching, the thing someone said once that never left you. Most people already have moments like that. The guide is built to help you recognize the ones you have.
How the guide works
The guide begins with an introduction session, then follows the book’s 12 chapters. Each session follows the same shape:
- Key Passage: the central idea in the author’s own words
- Scripture: a biblical anchor for the chapter’s theme
- Summary: a brief overview of the chapter’s main argument
- Social Issues Context: the real-world dimension the chapter addresses
- Discussion Questions: three or four, moving from personal reflection to community to faithful response
- This Week: one concrete thing to try in the coming week
- Prayer: a closing prayer for the chapter
- Writing Space: room for notes, reflections and written responses
Noticing a moment
At the end of some weeks’ action items there’s one added sentence. Here’s a real one, from Chapter 4:
“...And if you watch someone make the harder, quieter choice this week — the one with no one there to see it — ask yourself, later, whether you’d have done the same with no one watching.”
Nothing to track, nothing to report back. It isn’t asking you to go looking for a moment, only to notice one if it happens.
Suggested pacing
For groups: an introduction week, then one chapter a week, 13 weeks in all, with 45–60 minutes on the questions. You don’t need to answer every question. Find the ones that land for your group and go deep.
On your own: move at your own pace. Use the writing space honestly. Let the prayers be real.
Whichever way you go, what matters more than speed is actually sitting with the “This Week” item before moving on. It’s not a formality at the end of the chapter; it’s most of the point.
Personal or sensitive discussions
Some chapters will land closer to home for some people than others. Nothing here requires anyone to share more than they’re ready to. Fuller guidance for facilitators is in the Leader’s Page below.
Leading a group
Leading someone through a guide is different from reading it yourself. A guide works alone. It works better led. Someone has to keep a group’s attention on the actual moment in front of them instead of letting it drift into the news, into abstraction, into whoever’s loudest. That’s the leader’s job.
The Leader’s Page for Edition 1 gives you the session structure, a short noticing cheat sheet, chapter-by-chapter notes and facilitation tips.
More for leaders: Instructor Introduction →
Common questions
- Can I use the guide on my own?
- Yes. A guide works alone; it works better led.
- Does each person in a group need their own copy?
- Yes. Each participant should have their own copy of the book and their own guide, since the guide is a workbook to fill out.
- How long does it take?
- Thirteen weeks: an introduction week, then one chapter a week for the book’s 12 chapters. Group sessions run about 45–60 minutes.
- Is there a sample?
- Yes. See a sample chapter from the guide (PDF).
- Are there downloads?
- Leaders can download the Leader’s Page for Edition 1 above.
More questions: see the FAQ →