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Bijeenkomst 1: Chapters 1 to 14

1. Is Hermas being asked to take fair responsibility for his household, or more responsibility than one person can bear?
2. What might sharing goods show about faith that words alone cannot?
3. How might facing the monstrous creature affect the way Hermas hears the warning that follows?
4. Why might refusing wicked acts be incomplete without actively practicing kindness?
5. What makes wholehearted trust difficult when answers to prayer seem slow?

Bijeenkomst 2: Chapters 15 to 24

6. How can someone distinguish sorrow that leads to repentance from sadness that harms prayer?
7. Which seems most revealing when judging a prophet: conduct, payment, or public prayer, and why?
8. Does the partnership between wealthy givers and poor people who pray suggest equality, dependence, or both?
9. How should the image of bare trees change the way people judge one another?
10. How persuasive is lasting suffering, set against short pleasure, as a reason to change?

Bijeenkomst 3: Chapters 25 to 26

11. What does the tower's need for inspection and repair suggest about belonging?
12. How does repairing a tower offer a different picture of renewal from restoring damaged branches?
13. Does linking belonging to spiritual conditions offer hope, create pressure, or do both?
14. How might the angel's confirmation of the shepherd's authority affect the response to the call for urgent care?
15. How does the call to help people suffering poverty shape your understanding of the tower's spiritual conditions for belonging?

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