BREAK THE CHAINS OF OPPRESION AND THE YOKE OF ...

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And they wonder: what does this mean to me, today. Here is a second manner to
get to work creatively with the parable of the mustard-seed.
Preparation
Type the text of Mark 4: 26-34 as a reading text, not in columns.
Add the following questions:
● Which sounds do you hear in and with the story?
● Which smells has the story, of which smells does the story remind you?
● Which colours has the story?
● Which animals play a role, what are they doing and what does that mean?
● Which plants and vegetation appear in the story and which meaning could
they have?
● Which contradictions appear in the story (big-small, much-little, lightdark)
and what do they mean?
● Which significant objects appear in the story and what could they mean?
● Which verbs or which “words-of-life” occur to you because of this story?
(growing, waiting, hope, fear, anger, etceteras)
● (With reference to Willemien Wikkers and others, ‘Het verhaal, het Kind
en de Verbeelding 6 ’)
Execution
Have the young people read the text and answer the questions (possibly in two’s
or three’s). Subsequently go through the text together by following the questions.
Finally you could add a number of personal questions. For example: The
Kingdom of God can be explained as: where and when God is in control. What
would be different �in the �world �if God is really �in control? � What would you compare
the Kingdom of God with?
To work from the Scripture text
Small things can make a big difference. What could you contribute for the reduction
of poverty in the world by 50% and ending the distribution of
HIV/Aids? These are just two of eight millennium-targets which the Netherlands
has underwritten together with 188 other countries. Please check
www.maakhetwaar.nl for all kind of information and actions. You could at least
wear the ‘white band’, in order to remind yourself everyday that you make the
difference!
You feed the hungry
Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaragua
We believe in God:
6 ‘The Story, the Child and the Imagination’
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