Questions

Neil Gaiman is a wonderful storyteller, writer and the author of Calendar of Tales. In 2013, he launched twelve questions as writing prompts for twelve hours on his Twitter account. He based his stories or tales on his favorite responses and wrote the tales within three days. They are available to listen to at: https://soundcloud.com/a-calendar-of-tales

The questions are rather interesting because if they were the same ones asked in 2020, the answers, I believe would have everything to do with the pandemic. Here are the questions. You can answer them for yourselves, but to add more intrigue, joy, fascination, mystery and challenge, try NOT to think about COVID and answer them with imagination, humor and creativity.

Why is January so dangerous? What’s the strangest thing that ever happened to you in February? What historical figure does March remind you of? What’s your happiest memory of April? What’s the weirdest gift you’ve ever been given in May? Where would you spend a perfect June? What’s the most unusual thing you’ve seen in July? If August could speak, what would it say? What’s something you lost in September that meant a lot to me? What mythical creature would you meet in October? What would you burn in November? Who would you like to see again in December?

We are creatures of curiosity and inquiry. We like to know why. We like to ask questions. Lately it seems, that some of our answers have been wavering in the grey zone and there are, like the prompts above, no right answers. That’s why it is so reassuring to know that Jesus is the answer and has the answers for us.

Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me’” (John 14:6).