Tips for
Small Group Study

1. Use Death by Suburb as an 8-week study on the spiritual disciplines.

2. Each week study one of the 8 chapters that explain the suburban toxins and the spiritual practices that counter them.

3. Download the free discussion guide for a list of questions to guide the discussion for each chapter.

4. Download Dave's Favorite Writers for additional resources on Christian spirituality.

5. Sign up with your email address to receive regular blog updates by the author.

6. Add your suburban story of The Thicker Life to the blog.
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8 Week Study on the 8 Practices

FREE SMALL GROUP STUDY GUIDES FOR THE 8 PRACTICES

Plan to have your small group study the 8 practices this fall! Print a free copy for each member or use the guides as a resource for your preparation.

STUDY 1—Download it here: The Prayer of Silence.

STUDY 2—Download it here: The Journey Through the Self.

STUDY 3—Download it here: Friendship with Those Who Have Fewer Immortality Symbols.

STUDY 4—Download it here: Accepting My Cross with Grace and Patience.

STUDY 5—Download it here: Pursuing Action, Not Results.

STUDY 6—Download it here: Staying Put in Your Church.

STUDY 7—Download it here: Building Meaningful Friendships.

STUDY 8—Download it here: Falling in Love with Time.


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Advance Praise for
Death by Suburb

"Death by Suburb ... addresses and overcomes the split in our religion, our lifestyles, and even our consciousness."
—Fr. Richard Rohr, O.F.M., author of Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer

"With a compassion born of his own experiences of suburban unreality and dysfunction, Goetz effectively evokes a thicker sense of our social and religious worlds."
—Leigh Schmidt, Princeton University, author of Restless Souls: The Making of American Spirituality

"Goetz sees the parched lives, the truncated spirits beneath the suburban bliss, and the grace too. In his gracious eyes suburbia begins to look like an outbreak of the Kingdom of God."
—William H. Willimon, author of Sinning Like a Christian