tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612593674273168880.post7357541010832062547..comments2023-09-24T02:31:54.722-07:00Comments on Art Incarnate: Action/Adventure Serial StorytellingBen Colahanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17804664907173651064noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612593674273168880.post-40841311176307942732009-08-06T13:31:19.094-07:002009-08-06T13:31:19.094-07:00Individual responses to the lectionary being done ...Individual responses to the lectionary being done in advance, then those responses used as the starting point for artistic expression in varied media, would combine solid personal involvements in the context of a clear focus. Designating two or three people in the congregation willing /eager to make art expressing others' responses to the scriptural focus of the week would bring in several thoughtful commitments, intellectual and emotional, to the subject. The speed of electronic communications can make this doable, even though the mind needs time to figure out what in the scripture, and the reaction to it, fits into the person's own worldview.MFConnectionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612593674273168880.post-88938129860441438032009-07-17T22:50:24.393-07:002009-07-17T22:50:24.393-07:00I've seen sermons done as group pieces before,...I've seen sermons done as group pieces before, but usually there's no preparation by the congregation (either the pastor fields questions on the text, or whoever feels like speaking stands up and talks for a few minutes and then passes on the mike). <br /><br />Twittering thoughts ahead of time would have the advantage of being able to organize them into something coherent (and editing some of the one that ramble on for far to long). Definite possibilities, especially if you had a midweek Bible study ahead of time. <br /><br />Or to push the Action Adventure comparison further, other people in the congregation could respond artistically to the individual thoughts and present those during the service in the place of a homily.<br /><br />Or (I'm kind of tired and ramblely at this point), if people wrote 100 word stories based on the lectionary ahead of time, they could serve as the foundation for theatre activities like those done by Sojourn...interesting...Ben Colahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17804664907173651064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612593674273168880.post-24227118721831262832009-07-17T22:40:32.245-07:002009-07-17T22:40:32.245-07:00I just had an an image of people writing 100 words...I just had an an image of people writing 100 words or less (twittering?) what their thoughts on the lectionary are for the week, in advance of the sermon. Using the sermon as a group piece?Elizabeth Harlan-Ferlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18353364542486150196noreply@blogger.com