Facilitated by Christop Booth from the Indigenous Hospitality House, in this bible study series we will seek to make connections between the story of the nation of Israel told in Lamentations and our own national story. We will look to see whether this book may help us to address our shared histories of displacement and endeavour to distill how we might move forward as a nation in light of the biblical example.
Connection to Community
Who do you think of as community?
What forms of sharing are undertaken within these communities? (what is personal, what is communal?)
Read Lamentations 5
What type of people made up the Israelite community?
What did they share together? What experiences/materials/stories?
How connected were the Israelite people to one another at the time this poem was written?
What do we think of when we think of Aboriginal communities?
Watch clip from move The Sapphires [singing for soldiers during the war, Manager is injured and they’re separated, have to decide to go on or go back]
What kind of sharing takes place?
What part does shared suffering play in the building of community or extent of connectedness experienced?
Does being Aboriginal increase the likelihood of connection experienced by an individual? Does belief in God?
Can we identify any other factors which promote community building and connectedness?
How might we offer and/or provide aspects if community connectedness for others and ourselves at a local, national and international level?
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