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POP CULTURE QUIZ – What are the stories of your life?

5/15/2018

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Exploring Cross-Cultural References
Communication requires mutual understanding, or is perhaps the process of arriving at that understanding. My 8th grade science teacher used to say, “To hear me is to understand me.” One aspect of this shared meaning is cultural reference points, including our story-telling. The New Testament often refers sideways to cultural touch points, particularly agricultural, political and military illusions which may be lost on a modern urban audience. The authors also reach back to the Hebrew Scriptures and other narratives that would have been well known to their contemporary audience but which are increasingly unfamiliar today.
 
In a similar way, we need a shared vocabulary of current pop-culture references – the stories of our own time. Complicating this is that “our time” crosses nearly a century and 6+ generations, and multiple language, ethnicity, race, and gender identity subcultures. Our ability to communicate requires a shared body of narrative references.
 
Toward that end, I’m undertaking a periodic survey of people’s favorite stories, as those are likely the ones that have the greatest potential communicative impact on them. Below is my initial set of questions (and on SurveyMonkey here). I welcome your responses, you’re your suggestions for how to improve this project.

NOTE: We will be using this to develop future worship series and other teaching opportunities.
 
POP CULTURE QUIZ – What are the stories of your life?
  • What are your favorite movies, and why?
    What do you appreciate about them?
    What do you learn from them?
    • Top 10 favorites ever?
    • Top 10 in the last few decades?
    • Top 5 in the last 5 years?
  • What are your favorite books in each genre, and why?
    Fiction, Non-Fiction, Biography, Poetry, etc…
    What do you appreciate about them?
    What do you learn from them?
    • Top 10 favorites ever?
    • Top 10 in the last few decades?
    • Top 5 in the last 5 years?
  • What are your favorite tv shows, and why?
    What do you appreciate about them?
    What do you learn from them?
    • Top 10 favorites ever?
    • Top 10 in the last few decades?
    • Top 5 in the last 5 years?
    • If you have favorite episodes, what are they?
  • What are your favorite songs, and why?
    What do you appreciate about them?
    What do you learn from them?
    • Top 10 favorites ever?
    • Top 10 in the last few decades?
    • Top 5 in the last 5 years?
  • What are your favorite musical artists/bands/singers/composers, and why?
    What do you appreciate about them?
    What do you learn from them?
    • Top 10 favorites ever?
    • Top 10 in the last few decades?
    • Top 5 in the last 5 years?

HEY!!! NOW, you can take the survey on SurveyMonkey here.

1 Comment
Denise link
4/14/2019 08:39:36 pm

Great questions to ask!

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