There’s room for bigger questions in every pursuit.

In fact, they often go entirely unasked in the first place.

The problem is they break new ground.

Address the thoughts we all have but are too afraid to speak out loud.

They stick out.

Don’t fit in with what’s been done.

Challenge the existing way of doing things.

Bigger questions don’t rehash the past.

They open up new territory for exploration.

Shining light on the dark parts of the map we’ve avoided thus far.

Bigger questions invite in new modalities.

Challenge the orthodoxy.

Create new schools of thought.

Bigger questions ask the Big Questions.

Like how do peace, justice, inequality, accessibility, dignity, stewardship, and healing apply to the work we do? In our communities and beyond.

And what does it all mean?

We all have a role to play when it comes to answering the biggest questions.

But first they need to be asked.

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