questions for themed reading of Bible

When wrestling with God's word and our response to The World, our group looked at instances of the Holy Spirit during the end of 2009.
Here is a run-down of topics people suggested for the next and future gatherings.
 
<> fear: when faced with something we don't want; want to do; want to know (surprise)
<> social justice: Do My Work in the World, ...(may) Thy Kingdom Come
<> active part of society, community, public forums
<> marriage: examples that characterize the many faces of relationship; the work to do
<> prayer: how to, typology, examples, translating into our times/terms
<> evil's function and structure - why so much Satan in NT rather than Old
<> hell on $5 a day (instances of this topos)
 
OTHER IDEAS
<> core Christianity: holding up Congregationalism and other denominations against the basics
 
<> great missionary episodes past and present (stories passed down; histories; people, places, things)
 
<> care and feeding of your Christian self: an "owner's manual" for scheduled maintenance over the lifetime of your earthly self, kind of a set of object lessons or case studies wherein a problem comes up and the person responds well or not so well. By swimming in the pool of stories and role models, it instructs us about options when faced with hardship or joy, and ordinary times in-between. Many of us around the table live moment to moment, sometimes self-aware about making what we think is a Christian response, but I suspect few of us make a 90 day plan or 2 year plan for growth goals in our relationship to God and one another. So to scrutinize the landmarks one can use to guide one's purposeful growth should make for rich discussion.