God's Promises
Introduction & Ice breaker activities
What does justice mean to you?
The Fear by Lily Allen (music video)
• What does the singer "fear"?
• How does the media influence our emotions and thoughts?
• How could this be related to justice?
Ain't No Reason by Brett Dennen (music video)
"It is our routines and our comforts that allow us to ignore social issues. For some of us, it is our privilege to be ignorant. This video tells the story of social issues challenging our privileges and entering our routines making them impossible to ignore. Social injustice cannot be ignored when you are forced to deal with them. That is the idea behind this video."
• How could privilege make us “ignorant”?
• How do our routines give us a sense of safety?
What does the Bible say about God's promises as they relate to justice?
Isaiah 59:8-11
What is empathy?
Nothing's ever permanent in foster care (rookie radio)
• Has Michael’s path been made crooked?
• What injustices has he experienced?
• What do you think might be some root causes of those injustices?
Matthew 23:23, 37-39
What is the fear factor?
Wage Beauty by Mark Gonzales (TEDxTalk)
• could Mark be considered a prophet?
• consider how Mark’s words could trigger the fear factor?
Wrap-up
Part of our purpose is to raise awareness about justice. One way we can do that is to blog about our experiences of and thoughts about justice. Blog entries should be short and not contain any personal data. For your first entry, consider answering one of the questions below:
• what does justice mean to you?
• what do you think justice means to God?
• what did you learn or experience today that challenged you to think differently?
