Session 4 notes: Restoring Relationships August 13, 2006
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Here are some brainstorming notes from the sessions held on 16 & 21 May 2006. Feel free to add your own thoughts in the comments section.
Three biblical paradigms:
1. Bondage/Liberation
socialisation = ‘role models’are we just our socialisation?
We have an essential self beyond our socialisaiton
How conscious are we of our socialisation?
Key to liberation is awareness of our social conditioningMaking present events of the ancient past – how?2. Exile/Return
dominant culture issue
dark side of the return was breaking up lives and families
new ways of thinking about these dynamicsis
a “non-oppressive” dominance possible?
Our personal experiences of living overseas contain this element of “coming back”
3. Sin/Forgiveness
atonement = at-one-ment
point of Jesus death:– a mistake? Just senseless violence?
- or was he aware of the consequences & risks of his actions/ following his convictions?There is meaning (for many people) in knowing that Jesus shared in suffering
Bloodied imagery/metaphor of Christianity – but there are also important blood connections…?
God does not kill or want us to suffer
Guilt & manipulation are part of the experience of many with sin/forgiveness
Martyrdom = challenging structures and powers, (but it is wrong to be an intentional martyr)
- something worth dying for is first however worth living for!!
What about a fourth paradigm – the “Not-good-enough” paradigm?
Constant talk about sin & sacrifice – what to do when you feel guilty?
Language of God “overwhelming”
violence seems wrong – better is God transforming it
– individual responses/reactions
God love is seeds with potential when nurtured…
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