You reminded me of all the circles and arrows documenting Arlo Guthrie's illegal dumping of garbage in 'Alice's Restaurant'...Marshall On Tuesday, October 8, 2019, 12:34:02 PM EDT, Jann McGuire via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: Thank you, Marshall. Very helpful. My printer didn't pick up your wonderful blue ellipses, circles and arrows. I'm in conversation with my pastor, Lindsay UMC comparing and contrasting evangelism and mission. His seminary professor told him there was no difference. I showed him the bug model, but couldn't find the background material on the bug model. Any clues? Pastor Vai Heimoana is from Tonga. His limited English is a challenge, but he has a huge heart and longs to be out on the point. His Pacific island homeland is disappearing. Blessings, Colleagues, Jann McGuire On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 9:17 AM Ellie Stock via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: Thanks, Marshall. Ellie elliestock@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: W. J. via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: W. J. <synergi@yahoo.com> Sent: Tue, Oct 8, 2019 10:11 am Subject: [Oe List ...] Layers and Lenses of Biblical Interpretation I was inspired over the weekend to create a visual graphic (attached) to get onto a single page an image of the interpretive 'lenses' through which we read the Bible, including the largely unconscious implicit biases we may bring to the text that can distort or misread/misunderstand the context of the text.There's also 2 pages of text that quote Aaron Chalmers' scholarly article on 'The Influence of Cognitive Biases on Biblical Interpretation.'I'm trying to understand and appreciate why some folks are so emotionally attached to their version of what they think the Bible says about LGBTQIA people that they get very upset when their interpretation is questioned.Becoming aware of our cognitive biases is a helpful way to discover more graceful compassion in respectful listening.This chart is the best I can do for now to add to the discussion. Please use it (or not) or adapt it as you may see fit.Marshall_______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net