Snoopy is black and white
I think it should have become obvious by now that i have been relating my posts to certain verses that i read. These verses actually come from the book i am doing in cell/church at the moment. Its kind of a continuation of 40 days of purpose by pastor Rick Warren called Better Together -- What on earth are WE here for?
Actually i think my style may be misunderstood so let me give a little explanation. I am trying to link verses to things i write about and sometimes these links may be a bit obscure to people. However, i kind of like this method because i am not claiming to write a Christian book. People can always buy one from book shops and many do but never get down to reading them. What i am trying to do is writing a piece of (hopefully interesting enough) post and letting people think for themselves about the state of the world, how simple things can be linked to scripture, non-secular + secular combined basically in a (trying hard to be?) artistic way.
Having done the disclaimers, i would really appreciate feedback on what people think has potential for this kind of genre. Whether its really viable or not may depend on personal taste but i encourage people to try it out for themselves. Its not as easy as it sounds and frankly it might not be such a turn off to others who are against religious media.
"We're compelled to love God's family because it shows we're saved".
Loving other believers is the evidence that we belong to God's family.
Its probably rather common to come across a task involving naming the colour that a particular word is printed in. For instance Red , Green, Black Blue Yellow Red Black.
In psychology this is actually known as the Stroop task. It (to cut the long story short) measures executive function in frontal lobes of the brain. Basically, the name of the colour and the colour it is in are incongruent ; and participants must inhibit one feature. Sometimes (actually a lot of times), its not easy to do this because we are very used to plain reading.
I compare this to : A heart transformed by God is a heart that loves. If there is no fruit, you should question the root! " We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers" (NIV 1 John 3:14)
Actually i think my style may be misunderstood so let me give a little explanation. I am trying to link verses to things i write about and sometimes these links may be a bit obscure to people. However, i kind of like this method because i am not claiming to write a Christian book. People can always buy one from book shops and many do but never get down to reading them. What i am trying to do is writing a piece of (hopefully interesting enough) post and letting people think for themselves about the state of the world, how simple things can be linked to scripture, non-secular + secular combined basically in a (trying hard to be?) artistic way.
Having done the disclaimers, i would really appreciate feedback on what people think has potential for this kind of genre. Whether its really viable or not may depend on personal taste but i encourage people to try it out for themselves. Its not as easy as it sounds and frankly it might not be such a turn off to others who are against religious media.
"We're compelled to love God's family because it shows we're saved".
Loving other believers is the evidence that we belong to God's family.
Its probably rather common to come across a task involving naming the colour that a particular word is printed in. For instance Red , Green, Black Blue Yellow Red Black.
In psychology this is actually known as the Stroop task. It (to cut the long story short) measures executive function in frontal lobes of the brain. Basically, the name of the colour and the colour it is in are incongruent ; and participants must inhibit one feature. Sometimes (actually a lot of times), its not easy to do this because we are very used to plain reading.
I compare this to : A heart transformed by God is a heart that loves. If there is no fruit, you should question the root! " We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers" (NIV 1 John 3:14)
posted by efarmer at 5:23:00 PM
3 Comments:
I like putting things into different ways too. Though I tend to prefer metaphors (e.g. the Vending Machine one)
But I do find that your links are a bit obscure to me... but it could be just me.
hmmm. yeah... a bit cheem... shin
I think different people see connections differently so
1. This kind of genre facilitate group discussions and help people think out of the box, somewhat like Marianne's eg.
2. explaining a bit more about how you see the connections will really help.
-Lou
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