How Our Cultural Identities Reflect the Image of God

Instructor: Tiffany Bluhm | Partner: PAX

Learning Pillar: Theological Imagination | Rigor Level: Medium

Welcome

This course takes you on a deep exploration of how our cultural identities beautifully reflect the image of God. You will begin with the formal definition of Cultural Identity, prompting your own cultural definition and awareness of emotional attachments. You will follow guiding statements, release negative associations and emerge through the guidance of Jesus as the person God made you to be. You will be accompanied on this journey by expressions of art, both word and canvas, and offered opportunities to reflect and express. As you enter this course, we encourage you to release any heaviness that you are carrying around your own cultural identity in order to make way for goodness that it represents.

Introduction to PAX Story Arc

This course is part of a series of courses based on issues of the multi-sensory, multimedia publication StoryArc¹. Each course focuses on a key topic that young Christians of color want to know about yet are challenged to find relevant, thoughtful, biblically based resources that answer their questions. We have curated a diverse collection of Jesus centered art, scholarship, and storytelling, primarily created by people of color, that provides teaching, guidance, and opportunities for reflection. Many of the contributors are experts in their field, while others are everyday Christians on their own journey of discovery. Each has a valuable perspective to share on what it means to be a peacemaker and follower of Jesus in today’s world.

1. All StoryArc issues can be found online at madeforpax.org.

How Our Cultural Identities Reflect the Image of God

Welcome

Introduction to PAX Story Arc

Learning Objectives

Lessons

Opening | Introduction

Opening | Pulse Check

Opening | Poem

Opening | Path Point Statements

Opening | Application Activity

Opening | Benediction

Manifesto | Introduction

Manifesto | Reflection

Manifesto | Essay Excerpt

Manifesto | Application Activity

Manifesto | Benediction

Myth | Introduction

Myth | Reflection

Myth | Personal Story Excerpt

Myth | Artwork

Myth | Application Activity

Myth | Benediction

Material | Introduction

Material | Reflection

Material | Essay Excerpt

Material | Artwork

Material | Application Activity

Material | Benediction

Motion | Introduction

Motion | Reflection

Motion | Personal Story Excerpt

Motion | Artwork

Motion | Application Activity

Motion | Benediction

Closing | Introduction

Closing | Path Point Statements Revisited

Closing | Practices of Cultural Celebrations

Closing | Benediction

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Assignment | Closing Path Point

Assignment | Motion Application Activity

Assignment | Motion Artwork

Assignment | Motion Personal Story

Assignment | Motion Reflection