<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:24px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_66785">Sometimes, even after we're been put out to pasture, the old guard is called upon to teach our tried and true old stuff to a new crowd.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_67982">So here's my latest simplified take on how to structure a movie conversation--boiled down from the Golden Pathways, but with a few updates ("Where did you see transformation in the movie?").</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_68129">Turns out there wasn't anything this simple in the archives that I could find.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_68120">So tonight I'm facilitating a planning/screening group that will develop a film discussion series for a local church.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_68179">Given that it's a UMC--with all the angst and cultural warfare that's been swamping us--the topic will be 'human sexuality.'</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_68198">Next Wednesday we kick off the series with a screening of <a class="edited-link-editor enhancr2_f0a37a5e-c5da-9149-db04-2d0735c98de3" href="http://www.anactoflovefilm.com/" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_68380">An Act of Love</a>.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_68402" dir="ltr">Here's the key conversation questions I came up with (for Methodists who are moved to show the film):<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72139"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72140"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72141" size="3">What for you was the key human issue in the film? (get a variety of answers from across the group)<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72142"></font></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72143"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72144"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72145" size="3">What triggered the underlying conflict in this church?</font></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72146"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72147"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72148" size="3">What was this conflict <i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72149">really</i> about? (push for deeper insights here)<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72150"></font></b></div><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72151"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72152" size="3">How was the conflict handled or <i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72153">not</i> handled by the conference leadership? <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72154"></font></b><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72155"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72156"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72157" size="3">How did you respond emotionally to the film?</font></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72158"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72159"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72160" size="3">What emotions did you notice?</font></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72161"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72162"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72163" size="3">Did you feel sleepy? wide awake? distracted? uncomfortable? upset? bored? relaxed? on the edge of your seat? or what?</font></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72164"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72165"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72166" size="3">What in the film made you feel that way?<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72167"></font></b></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72168"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72169"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72170" size="3">Where did you notice the group's emotional response?<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72171"></font></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72172"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72173"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72174" size="3">How would you be a reconciling presence in Frank Shaefer's church?</font></b></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72175"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72176"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72177" size="3">Imagine
that you are the bishop. As a minister of reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:18),
what would you say to the members of this church who were opposed to
Frank Shaefer?</font></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72178"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72179"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72180" size="3">As
a bishop, how would you honor a rule in the Discipline with which you
fundamentally disagree? (incongruence/paradox/double bind)<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72181"></font></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72182"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72183"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72184" size="3">Where did you see transformation in the film?</font></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72185"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72186"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72187" size="3">Where did you see hope in the film?</font></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72188"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72189"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72190" size="3">Where did you see Divine Activity (or the work of the Holy Spirit) happening in the film?</font></b></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72191"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72192"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72193" size="3">What do you see as Frank Shaefer's true calling? What did he discover about God's intention for him?<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72194"></font></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72195"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72196"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72197" size="3">What have you realized about your true calling?</font></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72198"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72199"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_72200" size="3">What has deepened your understanding of your true calling?</font></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_68420"><br></div><div id="enhancr2_f0a37a5e-c5da-9149-db04-2d0735c98de3" class="yahoo-link-enhancr-card ymail-preserve-class ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" data-url="http://www.anactoflovefilm.com/" data-type="yenhancr" data-category="website" data-embed-url="" data-size="medium" dir="ltr" contenteditable="false"> <a href="http://www.anactoflovefilm.com/" style="text-decoration:none !important; color: #000 !important;" class="yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_68439"> <table class="card-wrapper yahoo-ignore-table" style="max-width:400px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_68438" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_68437"><tr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_68436"> <td id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_68435" width="400"> <table class="card yahoo-ignore-table" style="max-width:400px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_68434" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_68433"><tr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_68432"> <td class="card-primary-image-cell" style="background:#000 url('https://s.yimg.com/vv//api/res/1.2/J2QvgN_3ybGhoQGUJCP4WA--~A/YXBwaWQ9bWFpbDtmaT1maWxsO2g9MjAwO3c9NDAw/https://static.wixstatic.com/media/57494d_8bcd026e8ff6483997a6b71bcf1869b1%7Emv2.jpg.cf.jpg') no-repeat center center;background-size:cover;height:200px;position:relative;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_68431" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" background="https://s.yimg.com/vv//api/res/1.2/J2QvgN_3ybGhoQGUJCP4WA--~A/YXBwaWQ9bWFpbDtmaT1maWxsO2g9MjAwO3c9NDAw/https://static.wixstatic.com/media/57494d_8bcd026e8ff6483997a6b71bcf1869b1%7Emv2.jpg.cf.jpg"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><v:rect fill="true" stroke="false" style="width:400px;height:218px;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;"><v:fill type="frame" color="#000000" src="https://s.yimg.com/vv//api/res/1.2/J2QvgN_3ybGhoQGUJCP4WA--~A/YXBwaWQ9bWFpbDtmaT1maWxsO2g9MjAwO3c9NDAw/https://static.wixstatic.com/media/57494d_8bcd026e8ff6483997a6b71bcf1869b1%7Emv2.jpg.cf.jpg"/></v:rect><![endif]--> <table class="yahoo-ignore-table" valign="top" style="width:100%;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_68430" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_68429"><tr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_68428"> <td style="background:transparent url('https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png') repeat left top;height:200px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_68427" valign="top" bgcolor="transparent" background="https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><v:rect fill="true" stroke="false" style="width:400px;height:218px;position:absolute;top:-18px;left:0;"><v:fill type="pattern" color="#000000" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV2/12/overlay-tile.png"/><v:textbox inset="0,0,20px,0"><![endif]--> <table class="yahoo-ignore-table" style="width:100%;height:185px;min-height:185px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508502076017_68426" height="185"> <tbody><tr> <td class="card-richInfo2" style="text-align:left;text-align:left;padding:15px 0 0 15px;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td class="card-actions" style="text-align:right;padding:15px 15px 0 0;vertical-align:top;"> <div class="card-share-container"></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if gte mso 9]></v:textbox></v:rect><![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table class="card-info yahoo-ignore-table" style="background:#fff;position:relative;z-index:2;width:95%;max-width:380px;border:1px solid #e0e4e9;border-bottom:3px solid #000000;margin-top:-40px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:16px 0 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:16px 12px;width:99%;"> <h2 class="card-title" style="font-size: 16px; line-height:19px; margin:0 0 4px 0;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;word-break:break-word;">An Act of Love Film</h2> <div class="card-description" style="font-size:11px;line-height:15px;color:#999;word-break:break-word;">"An Act of Love" (2015) is an award-winning documentary about Rev. 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