Creating metaphors to help teach
Recently I got the opportunity to create some videos for Lead222 servant leadership experiences this summer. This year’s theme was “living in 3d.” As I begin to pray and think about how I could possibly begin to conceptualize “living in 3d,” I begin to consider that maybe I was trying to hard to teach something. Sometimes when we create videos we can teach some valuable lessons and yet other times we can create something that asks a question or leaves the audience to wonder. Jesus frequently did this using parables and sometimes even left some questions uanswered. Jesus knew that if he explained everything as easily as possible that when people recieved the message it would not be there’s to discover and they would feel no ownership in discovering the meaning behind his parables. We can do the same thing Christ did and use metaphors/parables that may not scream “Christian” but may cause students to think and feel ownership of what they are being asked to understand. Below are three of the videos we created for each of the night’s sessions.
- Are some exempt from Discipleship?
- Creating videos that ask questions
- Launching an online bible study for your youth ministry
- SAICFF (san antonio independant christian film festival) Reviewed
- Thinking past Sunday
