Hope proxe improv method note

Post date: Sep 29, 2018 3:11:12 PM

(to Lyndsey) ...filled in a few post-its, but could maybe use a couple more. We studied the passage a bit (in response to your experience earlier): I mentioned one context point from Mark 11, that before and after the temple cleansing there is stuff about a fig tree. The fig tree is a symbol for Israel, so cursing it is a judgement that is perhaps equivalent to someone burning the American flag. The temple symbolizes God's presence -- I just asked them to try to connect the two stories and that pretty much was all we needed for them to see deeper stuff in Mark 11 (i.e. Israel's nation mission was supposed to bless the nations/races, but they were excluding them from God's presence, even making a profit off of it). We didn't discuss the flow as much as needed, perhaps, but we did go through the post-its as prompts for the gospel (what longings for God/God's ways does this stir up? in what ways do we want/participate in/or are victimized by broken ways? where do you feel the tension (post-its below the cross)? when Jesus comes alongside you, what is different (post-its above the cross)? This is a slight change from how I've done 2W in the past. At #5 (after Jesus shows up with his love and power #4), I conflate faith and mission "in response, we rely on what Jesus does for us, and do what he does -- follow him into the tension for the sake of others."

I can use "draw in" to catch nuances of #2: our world/broken ways. How are we drawn in to broken ways? In other words, how do we participate in a broken world? in what ways do we want the brokenness? in what ways are we caught in it as victims?