Here's this week's Bible study blog entry for i.ucc.org:
I’m a puppeteer. I love putting a puppet on one hand and then begin to have a conversation between the puppet and me. It’s a lot of fun to have the conversation as part of a children’s sermon at church or another kind of gathering of younger folks. I love it that the younger ones pay such close attention to the conversation – hopefully learning something in the process. I also have observed on almost every occasion when I’ve presented the puppet/person conversation that adults pay as close or closer attention to what the conversation is about.
At last count, I think I have conversations with 17 different puppets at one time or another. Sometimes it get’s difficult to remember which puppet is talking – and when I should talk in my voice and when I should use the puppet voice. I make plenty of mistakes – yet it usually adds to the fun.
A favorite conversation is one where one of the puppets shows how adept they are at impersonations. I am sure to act as if I am in complete amazement as this one puppet impersonates all of the other puppets. As a matter of fact, I’m planning to have such an impersonation event with one (and all) of the puppets this Sunday as I introduce the Bible reading from Ephesians 4:25-5:2.
I’ll have to talk about the differences between impersonating someone and imitating them, and as I do that I can start to introduce the concept of imitating God – and living God’s love.
How would you move a conversation that starts with impersonation towards imitation and then to God’s love?
1 comment:
We must be on the same wave length on this one. I've just named my sermon "The Great Impersonators". Like the idea of playing with Impersonation vs Imitation. Thanks.
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