Throwing Darts and Interconnectedness
Adam discusses human interconnectedness. In this lesson, we put pictures of ourselves and the members of the youth group between two foam boards. Then we drew pictures of our enemies and posted it on the front board. We threw darts at our enemies, only to lift up the first board and realize that when we throw darts at others we also throw darts at ourselves. We are all interconnected in the web of life. Once we see that we throw darts, we can take responsibility for our own physical and verbal dart throwing. When we acknowledge that, we can become empowered to end a cycle of victimary thinking and move to healing, forgiveness, and love.
In 1 Corinthians 12, Paul claims that the church, or the body of Christ, is interconnected. So, when the toe hurts, the head feels it. When the arm hurts, the whole body feels it. How would the world be different if we acted this way with our fellow human beings?