{"id":10043,"date":"2023-10-24T08:45:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T13:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/?p=10043"},"modified":"2023-10-20T08:56:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T13:56:38","slug":"october-29-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/october-29-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"October 29, 2023&#8211;A Matter of Perception"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Mary Houck, Decatur, GA<\/b><\/p>\n<h4><b>Warm-up Question<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Name something you once believed was 100% true that you&#8217;ve since learned is untrue.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Do you and your friends have any \u201cfun\u201d things you like to argue about (e.g. sports teams or favorite players, favorite musicians, foods you like or dislike, etc.)?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>A Matter of Perception<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/10\/iStock-1388951404.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10054 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/10\/iStock-1388951404-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/10\/iStock-1388951404-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/10\/iStock-1388951404-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/10\/iStock-1388951404-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/10\/iStock-1388951404-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/10\/iStock-1388951404-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/10\/iStock-1388951404.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was almost 9 years ago now, but you may remember a controversy that erupted on the internet in February of 2015. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/figure\/The-original-photo-of-the-dress-Dress-photograph-reproduced-with-permission-from-the_fig3_310739698\">There was a picture of a dress.<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Some people swore it was white and gold; others were adamant that it was black and blue. For days, people went around showing the picture to friends and acquaintances who hadn\u2019t seen it yet, asking what color the dress was.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Depending on the answer, debates ensued about whose perception was correct, both sides passionately certain they had it right. How could it possibly be that two people looked at the same thing and perceived it so differently? Of course, it was not possible for everyone to be correct since it was a picture of a real dress, and eventually the truth was revealed: the dress is indeed blue and black.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/technology\/2017\/04\/heres-why-people-saw-the-dress-differently.html\">It took vision scientists two years to explain what happened and confirm their findings.<\/a> As it turned out, the different color schemes had to do with how each viewer perceived the photo as a whole.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Was the lighting natural or artificial? Was the dress in shadow or in light? The colors a viewer sees even correlates to whether they are typically a morning person or a night person\u2014 which affects our assumptions about light sources and shadows. Basically, our way of perceiving the world causes certain assumptions when looking at the picture, which affects what colors we see.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Discussion Questions<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>What do you do when a disagreement arises that is not just a difference in taste or opinion (country vs hip- hop), but a difference in understanding what seems to be a clear truth about the world (gravity exists).<\/li>\n<li>What sources do you go to when you want to find out the truth about something? Is it a person you trust? A news source? The Internet? How do you tell whether a source of information is trustworthy or not?<\/li>\n<li>Are all opinions equally valid? \u00a0What distinguishes &#8220;fact&#8221; from &#8220;opinion&#8221;?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Reformation Sunday<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/?ql=564215853\">Jeremiah 31:31-34<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/?ql=564215886\">Romans 3:19-28<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/?ql=564215925\">John 8:31-36<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Text links are to <a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/\">Oremus Bible Browser<\/a>. Oremus Bible Browser is not affiliated with or supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. You can find the calendar of readings for Year A at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elca.org\/Our-Work\/Congregations-and-Synods\/Worship\/Lectionary\/YearA\">Lectionary Readings<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>For lectionary humor and insight, check the weekly comic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agnusday.org\/\">Agnus Day.<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><b>Gospel Reflection<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>This week we celebrate Reformation Sunday, remembering when Martin Luther started the Reformation movement in Germany by sharing his 95 theses. At the time, the Roman Catholic church dominated all of Europe. It had turned into an organization that often used the faith of the people to accumulate power, influence, and wealth instead of walking alongside them in a life of faith.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The church had set itself up as an unquestionable authority: anything the church said was the truth. Luther, who was teaching the Bible to men training to be priests, thought he saw discrepancies between the Bible and church teachings.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The 95 theses, based on these perceived discrepancies,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>were assertions which Luther wanted to debate with other theologians. He hoped to correct errors which had crept into church teaching and practice.<\/p>\n<p>Luther\u2019s goal wasn\u2019t freedom from the church. He first tried to reform the church from within. His primary concern was to free people from what felt like slavery to sin. Luther felt deeply oppressed by his own sin, never feeling he had confessed enough or been penitent enough. It was through God\u2019s word that Luther found freedom in the truth that we are saved by grace received through faith, not through works (actions we take to try to make up for our sins and earn God\u2019s forgiveness).<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s gospel is a perfect one for Reformation Sunday. Jesus tells the disciples that they will find the truth by continuing in his word and that the truth will set them free. In typical disciple fashion, they still don\u2019t understand him and think he\u2019s talking about literal slavery. (I can\u2019t help but imagine Jesus face-palming or at least letting out a big sigh. After all he\u2019s shown them, they still don\u2019t get it) Jesus patiently explains that he\u2019s talking about freedom from sin.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, in order for the truth to set us free, we have to be able to identify the truth. In today\u2019s world people assert as truth all kinds crazy conspiracy theories and bigoted opinions about people who are different from themselves. Looking for a way to describe the American popular understanding of truth, comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ck0yqUoBY7M\">Stephen Colbert coined the term \u201ctruthiness\u201d<\/a> to describe \u201cwhat you feel to be true, rather than what the facts will support.\u201d Others say we are living in a \u201cpost-truth\u201d era, when there is nothing more than opinion and appeal to emotion is more important than objective facts.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>So how do we figure out what the truth is? We turn to God\u2019s word, but of course the Bible was written a long time ago and cannot speak directly about current events or issues. There are no Bible verses about whether the dress is blue or gold. And, even more confusing, the Bible can become the dress in a way.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Different people read the same words of the Bible and come to completely different conclusions about the truth.<\/p>\n<p>Just as we all made unconscious assumptions when looking at that dress, our individual ways of seeing the world affect how we read the Bible. Paying attention to our unconscious assumptions about the Bible and truly listening to others with open minds as we study it helps. Martin Luther had another tip as well: Look for what \u201cshows forth Christ.\u201d Does this interpretation look like Jesus? How does it urge me to act like Jesus? Does it reveal to me the love and grace of god in Christ for the whole world? These are the truths that will set us free.<\/p>\n<h4><b>Discussion Questions<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Can you think of a time that the Bible answered a real-life question for you? How did you find the truth in the Bible?<\/li>\n<li>The controversy over the dress was fun because it didn\u2019t have any bigger implications. People enjoyed arguing about it because it didn\u2019t really matter who was right in the end. However, many disagreements about the truth have much bigger consequences for people&#8217;s lives. For example, the recent terrorist attack by Hamas and massive response by Israel has intensified the ongoing debate about Israel and Palestine. Is Israel a peaceful nation that is the victim of terrorism and violence from Hamas? Are Palestinians the victims of an oppressive Israeli government, which routinely takes away their land, homes, water, and freedom? Is there truth on both sides? \u00a0Can you think of similar controversies where each side make legitimate arguments ?<\/li>\n<li>Are there times when knowing the &#8220;truth&#8221; and being &#8220;right&#8221; are less important than finding ways to create reconciliation? \u00a0How might that preference for reconciliation be related to Reformation Sunday? \u00a0What was the great &#8220;truth&#8221; which Luther thought most important?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Activity Suggestions<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Play Two Truths and a Lie: each player states two things that are true about themselves, and one that is untrue. The rest of the group has to guess which thing is untrue.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>Discuss: Who gets to be the \u2018authority\u2019 on the truth about us? Does everyone hold their own truth which should be treated as valid, or do we have to fit into the story our culture tells about us?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>World View Interviews\n<ul>\n<li>Come up with a list of questions you\u2019d like to ask people to better understand how they see the world.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>Choose questions that are open-ended, and which do not pressure someone to answer a particular way. For example, don\u2019t ask \u201cyou\u2019re a Republican, right?\u201d Ask, \u201cdo you identify as a member of a political party?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>When you ask, listen carefully and non-judgmentally. You are there to learn about the person, not judge them. If one of their answers surprises you, however, you can ask follow-up questions to learn more.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Some examples might be:\n<ul>\n<li>Where were you born?<\/li>\n<li>What was your first language?<\/li>\n<li>How many places have you lived?<\/li>\n<li>What did your parents teach you about money?<\/li>\n<li>Have you or your family ever served in the military?<\/li>\n<li>Do you have a favorite sports team?<\/li>\n<li>What do you like to do with your free time?<\/li>\n<li>Do you identify as a member of a political party?<\/li>\n<li>What foods do you like to eat?<\/li>\n<li>Have you lived through any wars? How did they affect you?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Interview each other, other people in your faith community, or even your own family. You are certain to learn new things, even about people you<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> think you know well.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Closing Prayer<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Gracious God, we thank you for your truth which sets us free, and for the example of our brother Martin. Help us to discern the truth when the world is confusing. Open our minds and hearts when we struggle to understand someone else\u2019s view of the world. Give us the courage to speak the truth even when it is unpopular. Amen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Houck, Decatur, GA Warm-up Question Name something you once believed was 100% true that you&#8217;ve since learned is untrue.\u00a0 Do you and your friends have any \u201cfun\u201d things you like to argue about (e.g. sports teams or favorite players, favorite musicians, foods you like or dislike, etc.)? 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