12 November 2008 / I love to tell the story!

Opening prayer

Looking back to last week's conversations

Looking forward to this week's conversations

Last week's CIQ results

This week we're going to be thinking about the curriculum Harris calls kerygma, and in doing so our focus situation is a little different. Rather than a narrative, I'm going to post here a series of video clips (depending on the speed of your connection, that page may take a while to download). Each one represents the Bible in some way. As you work through the cluster questions, your group should think about yourselves as learners in the midst of a culture which gives you these representations of the Bible. So consider the learning situation the exercise of watching the clips, and consider yourselves the learners.

Individual work

Read Teaching the Bible in the Church by Bracke and Tye and take the book quiz

By Tuesday, comment on one of the group summaries (in a way that is more than simply a "verbal bouquet") or post to the full class discussion thread for the week at MyLutherNet.

On Tuesday, fill out a CIQ for the past week

Cluster question assignments

One quick note: viewing these assigned video clips is best done only with adults, and often provokes a lot of feelings. In your small groups you might want to take some time early in the cycle simply to process the feelings evoked by the exercise.

Group one : Assessment

Group two : Bible

Group three : Ritual

Group four : History

Group five : Learning

Your small group summary is due on Saturday, posted to the course blog.